Globe Artichokes – More Than Just a Veg?
I’m in a quandary about my globe artichoke plants: should they stay, or should they go? Globe artichokes are supposedly one of Ailsa’s..
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Littering – Grrrr (Slightly Off Topic)
I’m a very placid bloke, but if there is one thing that really gets my goat its littering and flytipping. Okay, that’s two things...
Seven Sowing Tips
2012 will be my 5th season on the allotment. I reckon I must have sown hundreds, if not thousands of seeds since I took my plot on. Of..
In 2007, I took on a redundant allotment plot with my gardening-mad mum Jan. As all good mums do, she went along with it, but I don’t think she held out much hope.
During 2011, I kept a diary of how much money I save from growing my own fruit and vegetables.
After totalling all my outgoings, I saved approximately £500 over the year.
I made a spreadsheet to calculate these savings - it’s nothing too complicated, as I’m no Excel guru, but hopefully someone else will find it as useful (and strangely fun) as me.
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