Four Crops That Have Been Great on My Plot This Year
When the slugs have eaten all that you plant in their path and summer has taken until mid July to get started, it’s useful to be..
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6 Veg Seeds to Sow in August
August, hey? Just where has the year gone? If, like me, this year has left you floundering under the problems of slugaggeddon, rubbish..
A Lovely Afternoon Sowing My First Seeds of the Year
I enjoyed reading Naomi’s seed sowing post on Nomegrown this week. Naomi shared a tip from No Dig expert Charles Dowding, who advises..
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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