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Is that Fielding or Dowding, @CCW007? I first heard of him when I was the programme secretary for a local garden society and booked him for a talk. His enthusiasm is infectious 😊CCW007 said:
I took my my dad to a talk Charles Fielding gave which was fascinating and made it sound really easy. I need to get planning for veggie growing next year, after the kitchen is sorted!KajiKita said:Or you can go the no dig route and lay cardboard down with a thick layer of compost over the top - Charles Dowding website and books are easy to follow. Redo is 100% right in saying if you start prepping now, whatever method you use, your ground will be ready to use come the spring 😊
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I have been re-reading his Skills book over Christmas to try and plan for succession growing next season! 😉😊
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
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It’s good 😊 Had a piece of it with a fried tomato and some halloumi for dinner tonight 😊 I can see how adaptable a recipe it is and how you can riff on it 😊redofromstart said:I'd love to go and listen to someone inspiring on planting stuff @CCW007 the closest I get is my Christopher Lloyd books
@merlinsbeard if you are going for raised beds then you may get bargain frames, and then as @KajiKita says cardboard and compost on the grass and get ahead of yourself.
Hope you like the lentil loaf @KajiKita, it was a regular thing here for a while
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2 -
Hugs Beanie xbeanielou said:Lots of post as we all have things in our pasts & in our families that have caused upset & continue to do so.
So it resonates with people~~including me.
Plus gardening seems to resonate too 😉❤️
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2 -
Read a novel in a day 😊 My husband is describing me as a book vacuum! 😂😉
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
Charles Dowding, not sure if that was autocorrect or fat fingers!2
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I just had a look to buy a copy on kindle, and had a minor 'how much!' fit.His 'veg journal' is £2.29 and I might just have to crack and buy that with my survey fun money.
Ive read most of Georgette Heyers Tollgate today in front of the wood burner and made a cat (or two, mr Fluffy got a short sit in too) very happy.My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
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I love Dowding and G Heyer.
Enjoy getting the veg garden ready. I enjoy the initial enthusiasm stage but don't always then offer it enough care and attention for it to thrive. I have loads of seeds though.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/253 -
Even though we've had a an allotment for years we are still learning, great to pick up ideas from other people. We are just getting the hang of successional sowing but still a bit hit and miss.
Love 🐞
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That sounds very civilised 😊❤️redofromstart said:I just had a look to buy a copy on kindle, and had a minor 'how much!' fit.His 'veg journal' is £2.29 and I might just have to crack and buy that with my survey fun money.
Ive read most of Georgette Heyers Tollgate today in front of the wood burner and made a cat (or two, mr Fluffy got a short sit in too) very happy.
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2 -
I have that initial burst of enthusiasm and lots of seeds thing too! 😂 We will have to hold each other accountable next growing season … 😉savingholmes said:I love Dowding and G Heyer.
Enjoy getting the veg garden ready. I enjoy the initial enthusiasm stage but don't always then offer it enough care and attention for it to thrive. I have loads of seeds though.
You are further ahead of me then. I have got the hang of it at all yet. I will be reading your posts with interest 😊ladybird1106 said:Even though we've had a an allotment for years we are still learning, great to pick up ideas from other people. We are just getting the hang of successional sowing but still a bit hit and miss.
Love 🐞
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2
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