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My Heroic Herbs

My Heroic Herbs

Back in September, I blogged about my little rosemary and thyme plants, and wondered as to whether these young guns would make it through..

April 28, 2012 with 4 Comments
Perpetual Spinach is My Favourite Allotment Crop

Perpetual Spinach is My Favourite Allotment Crop

I know we need the rain. I really do. But by Jove, it’s really miserable. In an attempt to cheer myself up, I nipped to the plot after..

April 23, 2012 with 6 Comments
Am I a New Traditionalist and Keeping Up With the Allotment Joneses

Am I a New Traditionalist and Keeping Up With the Allotment Joneses

This week, Tom at the very funny Hapless Gardener blog posted about the state of his lawn. Tom opened up and admitted that his lawn was..

April 19, 2012 with 5 Comments

About Real Men Sow

meIn 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.

However, three years on, and she now lets me do stuff without watching over my shoulder, so I must be doing something right. [ read more ]

Saving £500 a year!

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. For more info, visit my Money Saving Experiment page by clicking here.

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