How Much Money Can Growing My Own Save Me? February Update
During February, the Veg Savings Spreadsheet currently tells me I got my hands on produce worth £20.33 over 22 trips to the allotment,..
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How Much Money Can Growing Your Own Save Me? June Update (with added massive soft fruit savings)
A remarkable thing happened this month in my veg money saving experiment. Because of my honeymoon, I was only picking up until June 18th,..
Loadsa Lovely Leeks
If leeks were the currency of England, I reckon I’d be a rich man. So far this month, I’ve pulled up 1.9kg of the heady smelling..
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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