The Retirement Newsletter: Gardening during your retirement — hobby or side-hustle?

Issue Number: -67 — could your green fingers help you in your retirement?

The author took the photo at a local flower show

Welcome

Welcome to issue number -67.

After a rather depressing issue -68 in which I reviewed my retirement plans and concluded that my pension pots had taken a real pounding; this week, I thought I would look at how I might be able to boost my retirement income through a side-hustle. Time to look at gardening.

Now, I must admit that I am not a gardener. I would go as far as to say that I hate gardening. It does nothing for me. But, I do come from a family that had several keen gardeners in it. But for me, it does nothing. And I know this because years ago, I had a two-week summer job helping someone clear and replant their garden. I hated every minute of it.

Gardening is not for me.

And here is the proof — my attempts to grow some carrots, peas and courgettes. This is my total harvest.

Photo by Author — the evidence of why I am not a gardener — my total summer crop