What’s Going in the Naughty Bed?
There are 5 vegetables that I’ve always really struggled to grow. Year after year I stubbornly sow cauliflowers, red cabbage, parsnips,..
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The Hardy Winter Survivors – How Do They Do It?
Brrrr, its cold out there. Minus 3 in fact, according to my car. We’ve had snow. Not much, but enough for a lunchtime snowball fight on..
Happy Christmas and Better Luck Next Time with Parsnips (Again)
I really struggle with parsnips, and despite promising signs, this year has been no exception. I popped down to the plot earlier to harvest..
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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