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Author Archives: nicdempsey
Allotment Adventures: In which I take time off to sort out the plot and don’t
I really don’t want this space to be all about what is going on with my mum, although obviously, it is a huge thing in my life right now and potentially for a while to come. I have been saying … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, allotments, august, August 2025, Gardening, grow some food, grow your own, grow your own food, kitchen garden, london, london plot, no-dig, northfields allotment, Northfields Allotments, plot life, raised beds, recap, things fall apart, urban garden, urban plot, watering, weekend tasks
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Monday Miscellany: Carers Edition
Happy Monday! 1. I took an unexpected extra three days off work last week. Or at least the work that pays me. Ma had a series of falls over the weekend that she couldn’t get up from. I’ve spent every … Continue reading
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Tagged five things, How I Live, miscellany, Monday Miscellany
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Friday Links: We Live in a Broken World
I’ve spent most of the week at Mum’s, it’s been a tricky week and the news in the world hasn’t got much better, so this is just going to be ‘nice’ links, because I need all the joy I can … Continue reading
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Tagged football, Friday Links, inherited clothes, nice things, Swiss co-operative housing
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Monday Miscellany: The Last Bank Holiday of the Summer
Happy Monday (and happy day off to those of you in the UK who can celebrate, sorry Scotland, you’ve had your day!) So we’re here, end of August, no more Bank Holidays until Christmas (unless the King dies!) and I … Continue reading
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Tagged august, August 2025, How I Live, miscellany, Monday Miscellany
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Friday Links: At Least We Have Football….
Happy Friday! The world is in no better shape but the football season has begun so that’s some consolation, although Chelsea drew to Crystal Palace at home in their first game of the season….so it may not bring me actual … Continue reading
Allotment Adventures: August
As I write this we are in our third or fourth heatwave. It was 33c yesterday and every time I check the weather the days that are going to be above 25c stretch a bit further out. So I’m back … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, allotment, allotment adventures, august, August 2025, chard, city plot, flowers, Gardening, grow some food, grow your own, grow your own food, kale, kitchen garden, london plot, no-dig, Northfields Allotments, plot 186, raised beds, summer, weeding, weekend tasks
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Get A Grip: Clean and Tidy Flat
2025 has been full of challenge. I’ve been doing more for Mum and while my definition and threshold of a messy house may not look messy to others, I feel like it need to get a grip on it because … Continue reading
Monday Miscellany: August and Everything After
Happy Monday! Heatwave Again. This is getting silly but it’s been really warm again we’ve been somewhere between 33C and 26C for the last week. According to the BBC we go back to a more workable temperatures this week. Thank … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, august, August 2025, How I Live, miscellany, Monday Miscellany
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Miscellany: Five Things
I had a birthday, it was quiet and I had to make my birthday cake (nothing new there!) it was the birthday custard sponge from Feast by Nigella Lawson (here’s the recipe in the Guardian), instead of her filling suggestion … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, august, August 2025, birthday, birthday cake, courgette, fig tree, five things, miscellany, Mum, orchid, plants
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Monday Miscellany: We Love Chaos
Happy Monday! July has been a busy month and up until last week, I felt like I’d been running around in circles, to very little effect. Last week, something clicked, and I started to achieve things. This often happens to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, caring duties, diary, family, housework, How I Live, July, July 2025, Life Happened, miscellany, Monday Miscellany, parents, weekly update, what I did
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