Just when I thought I’d got a hold of the snail and slug population in my garden, this happens: My healthy looking Mibuna decimated. The..
Talking of survivors, I thought I’d give an honourable mention to some resilient spring greens I sowed in pots for overwintering a few..
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.
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 ]
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.