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Joining the Grow Your Own Winter Chilli Challenge

Joining the Grow Your Own Winter Chilli Challenge

I’m taking part in the ever-so-friendly Grow Your Own forum’s Chilli and Pepper Winter Sowing thread. The idea’s pretty simple, but..

January 11, 2011 with 0 Comments

About Real Men Sow

meIn 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, three years on, and she now lets me do stuff without watching over my shoulder, so I must be doing something right. [ read more ]

Saving £500 a year!

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. For more info, visit my Money Saving Experiment page by clicking here.

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