Monthly Archives: March 2021

Allotment Adventures: Build More Beds

Posted on March 31, 2021 by nicdempsey

It was the last weekend in March and it was like a starting gun went off. We planted the potatoes out and sowed broad beans, peas, carrots and beetroots. We also planted out some white hyacinths I’d bought in Sainsburys, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: A Consequence of Middle Age

Posted on March 29, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! My friend Sarah, used to talk about her ‘angel of death’ phase, there was a period of years where it seemed like all the important people in her life died. I had that phase from 24 to 34 … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Pandemic Tired

Posted on March 26, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Rising from the rubble: London pub rebuilt brick by brick after illegal bulldozing Tips and tricks for the tastiest tomatoes. I’m still holding off sowing mine, but this is quite interesting, I do a lot of leaf removal … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: That difficult patch of weeds

Posted on March 24, 2021 by nicdempsey

I finally got to the weeds next to the squash bed. It also required dismantling the squash bed but it’s done. I took most of the sides off and used them to create, one side of the ‘new’ bed. It’ll … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Spring

Posted on March 22, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Despite having walking issues this morning (heavy day at the plot yesterday!) The Spring Equinox was on Saturday and next week in the UK the clocks go forward. Spring is on it’s way! Last week wasn’t great, no … Continue reading →

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Friday Links:

Posted on March 19, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I was supposed to take this afternoon off, but something came up! It’s been that kind of a week. Here are this week’s links My father was famous as John le Carré. My mother was his crucial, covert … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: She’s back!

Posted on March 17, 2021 by nicdempsey

There she is, the lesser spotted weeder. She’s was back for a brief time on the plot. She decided it was too windy to weed so we finished woodchipping the main path and topped up two more of the beds. … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Mother’s Ruin

Posted on March 15, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Hopefully, we are all starting this week full of the joys of Spring and if you celebrate it, Mother’s Day was what you hoped for and not too painful. We celebrated on Saturday, and it was the first … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Not All Men, but Enough

Posted on March 12, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I generally start collecting links for this the weekend before it’s published and last weekend, they were looking for Sarah Everard. This week they may have found her body and they have arrested two people (one of them … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Spring Tidy

Posted on March 10, 2021 by nicdempsey

On Saturday morning, I was facing a stack of compost to wheelbarrow to the plot, but my lovely friends Sue and Richard came and rescued me with their car and by 10:30 all of the compost was at the plot. … Continue reading →

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