Comments on: Garden Update

By: Bitter Harvest « Town Mouse

Bitter Harvest « Town Mouse — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:12:03 +0000

[...] potatoes have also spent the intervening time halving in price, this adds another massive 37p to my spreadsheet [...]

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:43:44 +0000

heh. Maybe when we’ve had a few more harvests …

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:05:03 +0000

You’re right – it’s not credit crunch beating until you get really big scale and the input costs start to get balanced. But it is fun and healthy – and local plant sales can be a real boon.

So far I reckon it’s costing you £8.91 per potato. People just don’t realise the true cost of food do they?

Make your spreadsheet public – we all want a laugh.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:49:02 +0000

Anne – I have it too. AFAICS there are two solutions: napalm and moving house. Actually there’s a third: painstakingly eradicating every fragment of root, pulling it out relentlessly whenever you see it, and continuing with the same for four years, but that would just be silly
Aaron – yeah, unfortunately the ‘real’ job doesn’t pay too well either…

By: 2whls3spds

2whls3spds — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:28:39 +0000

I made the mistake of tracking expenses on our small farm…one tractor clutch wiped all the profit (if any to begin with) for the next 5 years…good thing I have a “real” job. LOL

Aaron

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:33:01 +0000

I have bindweed. Help me. Slightly off topic but its all gardening.

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:25:00 +0000

argh I think blackfly might be a problem too. Gosh, it never ends, does it?

By: Flighty

Flighty — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:13 +0000

Enjoy your potatoes, I’ve been eating mine for a couple of weeks. Good luck with your broad beans as mine have been infested with blackfly, and as for growing a prize winning leek…
I gave up spreadsheets when I stopped working full-time and certainly wouldn’t do one for the plot! The money aspect is something I don’t even consider, although I’m sure that I spend more than I save all told.
Happy gardening!

By: disgruntled

disgruntled — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:26:59 +0000

Good idea. I shall have to hunt some out…

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:17:27 +0000

mmmmm… spreadsheets
You need to frequent village hall plant sales – my best discovery since moving up here. So far more salad bowl lettuces than I know what to do with (apparently you are meant to discard all but the biggest from each module), 10 red onions and a dozen or so cabbages all for £2.00.
Farming/gardening friends also helps – one row of potatoes, half a dozen hearting lettuces and a couple of cauliflowers for free…
My raised planters seem to be keeping the beasties from eating my efforts so far.