A Difficult Winter Ahead?
It’s going to be a tough winter on my plot. I’ve gone from my best ever winter in 2010, where I was virtually self sufficient all the..
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How Growing My Own Changed My Eating Habits
In the midst of this week’s Real Men Sow rhubarb reverence, Adam, blogger and veg grower at Tales from Plot A2 made an interesting point...
A Vegetable for St George’s Day?
I’m going away over Easter, camping in the Brecon Beacons. This is an attempt to guarantee rain. Everyone can thank me next week. As a..
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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