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..
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Low Maintenance Crops for my Nan (and anyone else for that matter)
To cut a long story short, I went to see my awesome nan. She has a man come around once a week to look after garden, and at the back there..
The Real Men Sow Top 9 Money Saving Veg of 2011
There were nine fruit and veg that saved a substantial more than everything else during 2011, and here they are: Tomatoes It’ll come as..
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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