A Simpler Life 2018

tighteningthebelt

Hiya,
Bisto gravy powder contains barley. Just checked my fairly new packet.

Thanks to all the Sardine Professionals out there, I'll let you know how I go on with the recipes.

System

tighteningthebelt wrote: »

Hiya,
Bisto gravy powder contains barley. Just checked my fairly new packet.

Thanks to all the Sardine Professionals out there, I'll let you know how I go on with the recipes.

Ooh...what are you making with sardines? I need to eat loads of them as good for Osteoporosis

tighteningthebelt

Oh, the shame.
I posted the Sardine Professionals comment here, it was meant for a different thread, so embarrassed.
Hope I haven't upset anyone. X

tighteningthebelt

There's three ideas on the first couple of pages of this thread....
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=73842799&posted=1#post73842799

Cottage_Economy

Just been out got a walk round the garden and noticed I have snowdrops, aconites, and daffodils fully out! What a lovely surprise! Everything is coming up. Now I'm sitting here thinking about what fruit and veg I'm going to grow this year. I still have over 30 leeks to harvest and my box of spinach is still cracking on strongly so lots there.

I don't want to over tax myself this year - living in Lincolnshire means I have access to tons of local fruit and veg cheaply through the town markets, so I've finally twigged that for some veg there is no point growing it.

Dh gets two 25kg sack of spuds a year as a tip so no point growing potatoes. All the brassicas are 50p a head in the market, and the heads are the size of mine so that's a no go. The root veg are equally cheap and large.

I already have strawberries, blackberries, apples, pears, plums, damsons, bullaces, cherries, rhubarb and a couple of raspberry plants. I have elderberries, sloes and nuts in our hedges, and a fig tree to plant somewhere. A bay tree, and tons of thyme and mint.

I think I'll probably buy the basic veg and grow some of the more expensive stuff:
add some more raspberries (maybe even do a proper bed for them)
plant some currants (don't have any at the moment)
french beans
mange tout
various lettuce leaves and rocket
tomatoes
sweetcorn
cucumbers for pickles
butternut squash (I have a pile of pig manure earmarked!)
parsley, sage and basil

What about you guys? Any Grow Your Own plans yet?

jackyann

Hello, I too live in an area with lots of veg and apples. I was never a great gardener, and the arthritis stops me trying! But I have a small raised deep bed that DH built, and I grow greens and salad. That saves me money and means they are nice and fresh. All winter I get spinach and lambs lettuce. In summer I add French beans and mixed salad leaves. Early spring I get living salads from the supermarket to plant out. I also do herbs as they are expensive to buy.

carolbee

We’ve got two allotments so just planning our to grow list. We try to grow things that are either expensive to buy or try a different sort of something you could buy, ie round courgettes etc.

Cottage_Economy

carolbee wrote: »

We’ve got two allotments so just planning our to grow list. We try to grow things that are either expensive to buy or try a different sort of something you could buy, ie round courgettes etc.

Courgettes! I forgot the courgettes!

maryb

You won't be able to forget them come July/August!!

Cottage_Economy

maryb wrote: »

You won't be able to forget them come July/August!!

I know! I was so excited last year when I got my first courgette because I had never been able to grow them at the old house.

Come September I was like "Meh, another soddding courgette".