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..
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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,..
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..
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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