How much have you spent on the garden so far this year?

I dont think Ive spent more than £20 on the garden this year, and that includes a reasonable pair of secateurs. Ill probably remember something else later, but for now- I think its just £20.

 

Mrs Pal has spent £15 on bedding plants for her patio pots, I have spent £10 on tools (long handled foot dibber)....Veg seeds £12, a couple of spray weed controls and £70 on a hose and reel and £10 on potting compost(Peat free!)
So well over a £100.....so far:D

 

All in all. I reckon about £150... it has got to stop..

 

£25ish on compost, £12 on 3 4-plant grow bags, £10 on veg seeds, £20ish on an array of ornamental plants (many at bargain prices), £5 on some seed trays, £15ish on fertilizers, slug pellets etc., £5 on seed potatoes & onions and £3 on some potato bags. Probably another £10+ on bits and bobs..

So that's just over £100, not bad as I don't expect to spend much more for the rest of the year, perhaps just plant food and bits and bobs...

 

oh dear scary question so far give or take a pound or two £1050 :OUCH: :OUCH:

 

How Much?!

 

Too much!!!! :o

 

I've been lucky this year in that my mother and friends have given me quite a few plants that they have divided, so i've only bought a couple of things : Camelia for £2.99 and a red climbing Rose also for £2.99 both from Sainsburys. I have also bought some seeds, but probably only comes to around £12.00 in all. Not spending anymore this year, well, not yet anyway!

 

Very little, a few pounds, I propagate and use my own potting compost.

Oh £15 on new allotment rent.

 

Between £30 and Pi x the square root of reality I guess.

I grow nearly all my stuff from seed & flog the surplus so not to bad.

Feel a bit embarassed when I get charged 17p for seeds at the checkout, but if thats all I need then fair enough.

 

Around £120 on daylilies,oops, they were really good ones honest and did sell £100's worth of mine on ebay last year so they don't count,lol:-) £30 on compost and around £15 on seeds for hanging baskets and veg and a few perennials, oh and then there was that iris and a couple of hostas, fertilizer, ooo yes Lad and allotment rent, don't really want to add it all up :-)

 

It does seem to add up without you noticing. £12 on seeds earlier this year, then £35 for Sauron the lion (found at the secret garden centre); then £5 on lobelia at a craft fair and £25 for a bootfull of plants at prices like £2-£3 each just recently. I'm planning on visiting the Kent Flower Show at the end of this month and I've got about £50-ish saved up.

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Seeds and a large bag of compost so far, about £25.

 

Why the high costs? I have always found gardening rather cheap. almost money free. Is it because we buy plants rather than grow from seed or dont propagate? has gardening become impatient?

Gardening is a very patient hobby, but it seems spending money on immediate plants is taking over.