Cold, Wet and Well Behind.
For the last week or so I’ve been in Maine, USA for a family wedding. I left a cold, wet England hoping to return to warm, dry..
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A Fresh Challenge and Introducing My New Greenhouse
I’ve gone to ground on the blog recently, and this reflects my workrate on the allotment too. I’m not about to join the eons of..
Eight Veg for the Hungry Gap
This week, I’ve been writing a guest post for Tom at the very funny Hapless Gardener. Tom runs a regular series called the Guest Bed,..
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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