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Eight Veg for the Hungry Gap

Eight Veg for the Hungry Gap

This week, I’ve been writing a guest post for Tom at the very funny Hapless Gardener. Tom runs a regular series called the Guest Bed,..

May 5, 2012 with 3 Comments
A Welcome Purple Sprouting Broccoli Pick Me Up

A Welcome Purple Sprouting Broccoli Pick Me Up

Today it rained all day. However, there was a ray of sunshine in the form of  lots of little purple heads on my sprouting broccoli plants..

March 4, 2012 with 0 Comments
Anxious Times for the Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Wishing It Would Get Colder

Anxious Times for the Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Wishing It Would Get Colder

In my house, one of the favourite crops of the year is the prolific purple sprouting broccoli. These little purple florets are real nuggets..

April 17, 2011 with 8 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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