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Monday Miscellany: World Cup Semi-Finals

Posted on July 13, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Allotment Adventures: Power weeding and serving drinks

Posted on July 8, 2026 by nicdempsey

On Sunday we had the open day and I hadn’t been to the plot much the previous weekend and it’s looking magnificently over grown. Jude and Tana are saving me right now with watering so planted things are still alive … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Hot, Hot, Hot

Posted on July 6, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Allotment Adventures: June Overwhelm…

Posted on June 25, 2026 by nicdempsey

I have a lot going on at the moment and we had the heatwave and then the rain and I had a migraine over the first weekend of June and caught a cold in the second and boom here we … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: World Cup Fever

Posted on June 22, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Monday Miscellany: June

Posted on June 8, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Friday Links: Too Darn Hot

Posted on May 29, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve been thinking about converting the allotment into a natural swimming pool, it’s so very hot! I’m probably about 70% ice lolly right now… It’s Crow, Mr Trump, Not Lobster The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump’s Call to … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: First heatwave of 2026

Posted on May 27, 2026 by nicdempsey

Last Friday, London had its first heatwave of the year. I’ve said it before and it’s time to say it again, there are hotter places, 25c plus is not really hot anywhere but London over 25c with humidity over 50%, … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Football and Caring

Posted on May 22, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week. So Arsenal have won the Premier League but whether Spurs or West Ham will go down remains to be seen. One of things that is inevitable when I spend so much more time with … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: So much still to do

Posted on May 20, 2026 by nicdempsey

I have been quite diligent on the plot this year. I started on New Year’s Day. Tom came to dismantle and dig over the weedy and unused squash bed and over the course of some months, behold the ‘mini orchard’ … Continue reading →

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