The One Penny Salad – More Overwintering Experiments!
Back in October I had a winter salad plan. I wanted to sow some hardy oriental salads to try and keep myself in fresh leaves right through..
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How Much Money Can Growing Your Own Save Me? December Update
The final month of my GYO savings experiment has now been and gone, and I’ve now officially hung my scales up. I made 28 harvests during..
Winter Veg Survival Update
Back in December, I wrote a terribly naff post about my winter veg, and what I thought might live through the snow. I gave each veg a..
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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