A Patch From Scratch: Thoughts on Starting Out Part 1 – Why Am I Growing?
As much as taking on an allotment was great fun and incredibly rewarding, with hindsight I sometimes wish I’d had some focus when I first..
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Planting a Late French Beans Crop
In previous years, I’ve found right about now a good time to plant some French beans. Even though most seed packets say only sow until..
Introducing My New Growing Area – A Patch From Scratch
This week, I started a new feature on Real Men Sow, called A Patch From Scratch. And here it is, my Patch From Scratch. The unruly space..
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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