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Friday Links

Posted on August 4, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Trust me on antibiotics.  It’s one paper. More generally, we should be trying to take less antibiotics and then finishing the course we are given. The problem is that GP’s are prescribing for people who want antibiotics for every … Continue reading →

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Pulled Pork

Posted on August 3, 2017 by nicdempsey

There are lots of recipes for what to do with a pork shoulder. If you were looking, you can’t go wrong with this one from Dinner: A Love Story, which is what I planned to do last week. Then I caught … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Gluts

Posted on August 2, 2017 by nicdempsey

This week’s glut is plums. Last week, I went to do the watering and came home with produce, after washing and de-stoning and getting rid of any with creatures, I had 2.3kgs of plums. We’re not doing badly with cucumbers … Continue reading →

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Goals Recap, Goals Set – July/August 2017

Posted on August 1, 2017 by nicdempsey

August is the best month of the year, you know why? Because it’s my birthday in the first week AND there’s a Bank Holiday at the end of it!First let’s review July. the goals were Turn over, turn out. I … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst: 24 to 30 July 2017

Posted on July 31, 2017 by nicdempsey

Welcome to a new week, this week is my last one before my birthday and my week off work so I’m very happy, which is in not usual for a Monday! Best Gin Club. Tasting the gin is interesting but … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 28, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a pretty normal week but I’m still very glad to get to the end of it. More equal than others, how the middle class stays ahead. This is spot on. An ode to hair bobbles – … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Allotment: It’s that time of year

Posted on July 27, 2017 by nicdempsey

There is so much food coming off the plot this year. Last year, I had an abundance of courgettes and documented a couple of ways to use them. There was pickle, cake, pizza and caviar. The cake and the pizza … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Cut your losses

Posted on July 26, 2017 by nicdempsey

This was the week I decided that it was ok to stop doing something if it wasn’t doing well. That thing was the boston squash. I had put what I thought was 2 baby blue hubbards in the box to … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts

Posted on July 25, 2017 by nicdempsey

This is a pretty accurate lists of all the things that have been flitting through my head in the last week or two. I need to switch my brain off..   I’m on the verge of demob/birthday fever. Nine more … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst 17 to 23 July 2017

Posted on July 24, 2017 by nicdempsey

  Best Movies. We went to see Baby Driver on Wednesday and it was so much fun and had a brilliant soundtrack. Yes it is a bit gory towards the end but if you can, go and see it! The … Continue reading →

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