Monthly Archives: March 2022

Allotment Adventures: Sowing and Buying

Posted on March 30, 2022 by

I didn’t do any allotment work last weekend. I did sow some tomatoes and buy some arches. I need to start sowing everything else and that’s a task for the weekend. The March work list did not complete itself. So … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Vernal Equinox, Baby!

Posted on March 28, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last Monday we officially entered Spring. Equal amounts of day and night. I spent most of this week feeling like I was on drugs, even with several days in the office and a sore back and hip, I … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Looking for some good news

Posted on March 24, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This week, the Tories in ‘charge’ of the country, acted like typical Tories in the Spring statement, people are outraged, like the last 12 years were no guide to current behaviour. Russia committed hideous bombing in Ukraine, COVID … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Spring

Posted on March 23, 2022 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve not been talking about the plot, we have been doing things on it. We swapped the position of some of the compost bins and storage, because something was digging up the middle compost bin and depositing it all … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: The state of the world is rubbish

Posted on March 18, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well, the world is pretty much terrible. It’s not that everything is terrible, it’s that even the good stuff, is fixing something that’s broken. Here are this week’s links…. She was the Agatha Christie of romance novels. You’ve … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: It’s still not Spring

Posted on March 14, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s mid March and the light is improving but the weather is variable. The news is still terrible and it’s difficult. In the midst of a crisis we all want to think that it’ll be over and it’ll … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: The Duckworth Lewis Method – Jiggery Pokery

Posted on March 6, 2022 by nicdempsey

Shane Warne died on Friday. This felt appropriate..

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Friday Links: Not Sure There is Any Good News

Posted on March 4, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Liberal democracies must defend their values and show Putin that the west isn’t weak I’m begging you, Hancock and the Home Front heroes: just sit this one out The age of levity is over. The Russia-Ukraine war will … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Start

Posted on March 2, 2022 by nicdempsey

March marks the real start of the allotment year for me. You can tell this because yesterday, 1000 litres of compost (Wickes peat free) got delivered to the flat yesterday and I’ve started to wheelbarrow it around to the plot … Continue reading →

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March

Posted on March 1, 2022 by nicdempsey

We’re already into the third month of the year! Congratulations on getting through two of the worst months of the year. I say this like March and April are walks in the park when in fact they are not, especially … Continue reading →

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