Monthly Archives: May 2025

Friday Links: Some Good News

Posted on May 30, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Finally Chelsea won something and qualified for Champions League. Of course Chelsea Women did the domestic treble this season (at some point we’ll crack Europe as well). And I will take all of that! Here are this weeks … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Some Weeding

Posted on May 29, 2025 by nicdempsey

Not many allotment jobs were not done last weekend. I did however, weed the beds and surrounding paths where the tomatoes and courgettes are going and talk to several other people and get convinced to help at the bar for … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Quick Visits

Posted on May 21, 2025 by nicdempsey

Here’s my confession, I never have it together everywhere, I can do being social, having a tidy well run home, I can have a really switched on work life, I can have a tidy well run allotment, I can ace … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: News, some of it good…

Posted on May 16, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Britain’s Roller-Coaster Ride to a Trade Deal With Trump I always like to see how things are reported in the US. ‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave. Anecdotes are not data … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Buying my way out of trouble

Posted on May 14, 2025 by nicdempsey

I was back to the graft of prep and tidy. I took the garden bin back and completely filled it up, which tells you more than you need to know about the amount of weeds on the plot! I wanted … Continue reading →

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Book Squee: A Bold Return to Giving a Damn – Will Harris

Posted on May 13, 2025 by nicdempsey

Will Harris runs a regenerative farm in rural Georgia and this book is about the land he farms and how and why he came to be farming it in the way he does and what his way of farming has … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Hayfever Season

Posted on May 12, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Working from home has spoiled me, this week I was in the office for three days last week and it was tiring! It was also productive and rewarding to be in the office and spend time with the … Continue reading →

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Peanut Butter Cookies

Posted on May 8, 2025 by nicdempsey

During Lent I didn’t eat any sweet stuff I hadn’t made at home. For me it really cut down on how much sugar I consumed, because it’s the tradition fight between greed and laziness. Surprisingly, I’m more lazy than greedy … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Gardening as Housework

Posted on May 7, 2025 by nicdempsey

I still haven’t sown anything on the plot, as the amount of weeding and prep is still just insane! It’s all about weeding and tidying and it takes so much longer than I think it will. First let’s talk about … Continue reading →

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Miscellany: Bank Holiday

Posted on May 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Tuesday! Yesterday was the first May Bank Holiday, last week, we had ridiculous weather for the end of April but it got cooler over the weekend. English weather! On Monday, I potted some tomatoes and then went to a … Continue reading →

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