Good news for growers: gardening is the only affordable hobby left in the UK!
We all know that the cost of living is on the up in the UK, and unfortunately it’s not just the cost of petrol, food and train fares that is increasing, it’s also the fun things such as hobbies. But the good news for growers is that gardening has been found to be the only affordable hobby left in Britain, reports the go-to company for cheap seeds, Seeds By Post (http://www.seedsbypost.co.uk/).
According to a recent review by the Halifax bank into leisure spending in the UK, in these times of double-dip recession the costs of ten out of 11 leisure activities have now risen more quickly than inflation, with gardening (and seeds sowing!) being the only hobby that had not! For instance, the study found that the average price of tickets to a Premier League football match had risen by a whopping 184 per cent compared to a decade ago, now costing £48.90 per ticket. That’s more than six times the rate of inflation! Fitness fans have also been hit, with gym fees having risen by 48 per cent in ten years. Film buffs will also have to fork out more for their cinema trips – tickets will now set them back 46 per cent more than a decade ago. By contrast, the cost of gardening has risen by only 17 per cent; over ten years that’s a manageable rise in anyone’s book.
Take into account the fact that most hobbies don’t take place in your back garden and there’s also the rising cost of petrol to consider. Getting to the location of your favourite hobby is no small cost given that the cost of petrol and diesel rose by 89 per cent in a decade, to an average of £96.95, according to the Halifax report. Economist at Halifax, Martin Ellis, said: ‘There has been a significant rise in the cost of pursing some of the most popular hobbies and days out in the UK over the past decade. Rising transport costs have been a clear driver behind this, although all expenditure categories, apart from gardening, have seen a greater increase than that of inflation.”
So, some great news if your favourite leisure activity is right there in your back garden. And remember, buy your mail order seeds online with us and the cost of gardening just got even cheaper! Take a look through all of our flower, vegetable and herb seeds at http://www.seedsbypost.co.uk/.
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