September 2008 Archives
Get healthy and financially fit through gardening
Posted by Samantha Castle on September 16, 2008 3:25 PM
PEOPLE across the UK are being urged to go out and get fit in a cost effective way: gardening. And while being healthy by doing exercise is just one reward of digging your plot, the other is the pounds that you can save as you do so.
Weeding, digging and sowing all count as moderate exercise. In fact, gardening for an hour will burn more than 300 calories. And an added bonus of gardening is the positive effect that it can have on your financial fitness.
With an average monthly gym membership costing more than £45 at the major chains, getting fit by gardening instead of at the gym means that you can save pounds as you burn them.
In the last few months the Consumer Prices Index has recorded considerable food inflation. This, coupled with a recent report by mySupermarket showing that the average family is spending an extra £750 on their annual food bill, highlights that growing your own vegetables is also a great way to reduce your outgoings on groceries.
Putting food on the table is more costly these days, but growing your own vegetables somewhat eases this financial pressure, as well as helping people live a healthier life. You can save even more money by growing more exotic and oriental varieties, such as celtuce, ceylon spinach and Chinese mustard greens.
If only my flat had a garden!
Growing instructions for a number of oriental vegetables can be found at http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/crops/orientalveg.asp.
For further information regarding the Royal Horticultural Society's Grow Your Own Veg campaign visit the website at www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables
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Posted by Samantha Castle on September 10, 2008 6:58 PM
No big blog up date this week I'm afraid as I'm busy practising for my Trinity Mirror 100wpm shorthand exam. If I get this then I get put forward to sit my senior exams next month, and if successful I will then be in line for a well earned pay rise- which lets face it I need! So wish me luck that I pass otherwise the blog will be very melancholy from then on...
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