How much do you save?

I happened to come across a survey commissioned by the home insurer LV= (formerly Liverpool Victoria) last year and found it rather interesting. They described their survey as the first comprehensive allotment survey in more than a decade. This is what the key findings were:

Allotment owners claimed they save an average of £950 a year through home growing. More than half of those quizzed chose to rent a plot to save money, while a third did so to be in control of the pesticides used on their food. Teaching children about food was also a factor for some, with almost one in three (30%) "growing their own" as a way to show their kids where fruit and vegetables come from.

Do you agree with these findings? An average saving of £950 seems massively high, and I’m left wondering where we are going wrong! What do you all think you save in a year......or maybe you don’t save any money? Make a rough estimate of the net saving (that is, money saved over buying from shops and supermarkets, less anything you had to spend on your allotment such as for compost or canes) and click one of the choices in the survey on the right.

If you want to read the details of the article click here.

Hayley Weightman