7 Ways to Get Cheap Seeds
8 Ways to Get Free Seeds, my most viewed post of all time Real Men Sow history, is 2 years old today. This milestone, together with my £5..
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The £5 a Month Veg Plot (well, an attempt at it)
This week, me and Ailsa have been doing a second round of baby budgeting. The impending arrival of junior is very exciting, but for a..
Eight Household Items to Reuse and Save a Few Quid
The little microclimate in my sheltered corner of the world finally caught up today, and we got snow. Normally, I love snow, but with my..
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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