Five Simple Recipe Ideas for Cooking With Courgettes
Ah, the good old annual courgette glut. It really wouldn’t be Summer without a pile of courgettes heaped up in the bottom of the fridge..
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Allotment Cakes for the Weekend #14 – Courgette, Lime and Coconut Cake
Last week, I posted up some recipe ideas for courgettes, as I was in the midst of the annual glut. Afterwards, I was tipped off about a..
Growing Courgettes and Why They’re a Beginner’s Dream
I read a lot of blogs and veg growing books, and something occurred to me the other day: I’ve never seen anything that says ‘courgette..
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.
However, over a decade later, and she now lets me do stuff without watching over my shoulder, so I must be doing something right. 
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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