Author Archives: Jo
Money Monday
Best to start off as you plan to go on, right? Target for this week is to have a no spend week – which should be relatively easy to accomplish. There’s more than enough food in the house for 3 … Continue reading
To commit or not?
I’ve spent a lot of time over the last few weeks reading blogs and websites about de-cluttering, minimalism, sustainability and frugality. None of these things come naturally to me. One look at my flat in London and my small cottage … Continue reading
Planting rhubarb and flowers
In between the apparently endless deluges of rain we have had a few fine days and today was one. So back down to the allotment with a giant amount of Things To Do some of which you can see below: … Continue reading
Allotment ground preparation
A fairly sunny and, once you started working, warm day meant an afternoon at the allotment for a day dedicated to ground preparation. Chance to see how the area I dug over before Xmas had held up against all the … Continue reading
Soft fruit planting
Just a quick visit to the allotment today to pop in and plant up some soft fruit. It was a gorgeous sunny day and too good an opportunity to miss for a snap like this: The soil has taken a … Continue reading