So last month was focus on food which I learn a lot from and am finding reducing my weekly food bill very rewarding. I still have more that I would like to comment on relating to food, so will re-visit this topic from time to time.
The weather has been much more mild for the last week or so here and creates a real sense of spring coming now. Snowdrops are out in force and I have some crocus flowers in our garden too. Time to get inspired about gardening again, this time without spending too much. We love our garden and spend a lot of time and money on it. So this year will be a bit different! Usually about now, we are beginning to collect seedlings from garden centres as they appear for both vegetables and ready grown bulbs - such as tulips and daffodils. I managed to plant some tulips and daffodils last November, so that is a help and will have to make do with that this year. No buying ready planted up flowers!! One of my favourites is Sweet Peas, so I filled up a tray with 6 pots full of little sweet pea plants at the garden centre on Sunday - then I put them all back again! I then went to the seed selection and picked up two packets of Sweet Pea seeds - so I am beginning to get the hang of gardening on a shoestring!
We have bought seed potatoes but other than that I am trying to convince my husband that we should use seeds for the other vegetables - so I will keep you posted on that one. I am determined to have a really good year with fruit and veg as it will obviously save us money on shop bought fresh produce. Most seeds need to go in this month - March - so I will report back on what I have planted in little seed trays soon.
Our first job is to tidy up the garden, especially after Nuri (our Labrador puppy) has been creating mischief there all winter! So no money needed for that, just lots of little helpers, wellies, garden bags and enthusiasm.
Bye for now
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