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  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,389 Forumite
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    I've decided the same thing KK. It was after seeing some pretty English country gardens pop up on my Pinterest 😆 so I'm looking for flowers and some very easy bits of food to grow alongside them (already have fruit trees and bushes in). 
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200.
    Total- £1162.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1200. (96.83% there)

    EF- first goal £300
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    I have a greater focus on bulbs and flowers in my new garden.  I think they are.magical. Sorry work not going to plan. Good luck with exploring other options. 
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,686 Forumite
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    I have a greater focus on bulbs and flowers in my new garden.  I think they are.magical. Sorry work not going to plan. Good luck with exploring other options. 
    Thank you x

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

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  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,389 Forumite
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    When I got home this evening I walked down the garden and had a chat with my young Amalanchier tree. I breathed all my hoocha (heavy energy) into it (plants love it!) and came away feeling much more grounded 😊❤️

    I need to know more about this! Can we do this with any tree? I don't even know what an amalanchier tree is nevermind know if I have one but I have a few fruit trees 🤔 always keen to have a new grounding exercise! 😁👏🏻
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200.
    Total- £1162.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1200. (96.83% there)

    EF- first goal £300
  • Sallyforth
    Sallyforth Posts: 601 Forumite
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    Well this is my tiny winy Hoocha thing today - I am not a gardener and have such a small space.
    Tilly Tidying and
    PADing in 2024 £250.62
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    RIP Mum & Dad - thanks for helping me on my journey to be
    Debt and Mortgage free from 2018

  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 9,389 Forumite
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    Ah thank you I've screenshot that and will write it in my notes to remind myself what to do (and it's name so I can research this 😁)! I will try it on my new lilac tree I just bought! X
    MORTGAGE BALANCE when we moved Aug 2024, £120,000. January 1st £118,267.06. May 1st, £116, 123, June 1st, £115,536, New mortgage added for extension- £165,000 July 1st!
    Mortgage Overpayments - September-December, £152.46. J- £103.27, F- £115, M- £91.50, A- £100, M- £200, J- £200. J- £200.
    Total- £1162.23
    Goal pay off 1% of current mortgage in 1 year. £1200. (96.83% there)

    EF- first goal £300
  • dawnybabes
    dawnybabes Posts: 3,350 Forumite
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    Love clean bedding day ! I got mine out on the line yesterday - every time I rolled over last night I smelt fresh bedding.  When agent millionaire arrives I will be having clean bedding put on daily by my housekeeper 🤣🤣🤣
    Sealed pot challenge 822

    Jan - £176.66 :j
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