Real Men Sow<\/a> blog kept a month by month spread sheet in 2011 and showed us that he saved \u00a3470… or approx \u20ac587 at\u00a0today’s\u00a0rates.<\/p>\nAside from the monetary savings, there are hidden savings too. Once you start harvesting the vegetables you’ve grown, you wont need to visit the shops as often and thereby wont be tempted to throw lots of unnecessary items in your trolley. Not to mention the taste, satisfaction and health benefits that I’ve mentioned in previous posts.<\/p>\n
Forty eight euro a month may not sound much in the grand scheme of things, but \u00a0with so many families struggling, and more families resorting to ‘cornflake days’\u00a0every little bit helps. If your financial situation isn’t as bad as those families, imagine if you redirected that \u20ac48 into a\u00a0piggy bank every month – it would have the Christmas booze paid for, the hair doo every couple of months, the satellite tv paid for, lunch every week with a friend or even more plants to brighten up your garden.<\/p>\n
When times are tough, anything we can do to save some cash so that we can still afford those little luxuries has to be worth it, don’t you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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