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Friday Links

Posted on July 21, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well folks, it’s been a week. I’ve been on the wrong day all week. From Tuesday on, I was a day ahead of reality, which makes the week a slog, nothing like thinking it Thursday and you have … Continue reading →

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A Day in Food: Eating from the plot

Posted on July 20, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s that time of year when the allotment is contributing to what I eat. I thought it would be fun to run through a day’s eating and show you what I eat in a day and point out what I … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Worrying

Posted on July 19, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’m a complete basket case right now and worried about every little thing, I know it’s going ok and it looks lovely.But I have the creeping fear that it’s all going to go wrong and everything will die. Let’s start … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Perfection

Posted on July 18, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’m not a perfectionist. I like to have control over my immediate environment but I’m all about good enough. Mostly because perfection is hard work but also because perfection is unattainable. Good enough is good enough.I’ve been thinking about this … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst 10 to 16 July 2017

Posted on July 17, 2017 by nicdempsey

Welcome to the new week. Best Rain. Finally on Tuesday, it poured down for most of the day. A day with rain is a day that I don’t have to water the plot! The rain also calmed down the pollen … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 14, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday. Today I am working from home and have a very chilled weekend planned. Because it’s Bastille Day, I also have the French National Anthem running through my head. I love the tune but find the lyrics a bit … Continue reading →

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Summer Dinner

Posted on July 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last week I celebrated living in my flat for eight years. I think this is the longest space of time I’ve lived somewhere since I moved out of home. It was a Tuesday and Ma just finished her holiday and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Harvest

Posted on July 12, 2017 by nicdempsey

After the excitement of the Open Day, this week it was time to get back to work, those of you following along will remember that last week, I had a big long list of stuff to do. Here is is … Continue reading →

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How I Grow: Beds

Posted on July 11, 2017 by nicdempsey

This year, the allotment site was entered into the Ealing in Bloom competition, we had a first visit in June and I’m told that the judges were disappointed that more of our individual allotments weren’t entered into the competition. There … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst 3 to 9 July 2017

Posted on July 10, 2017 by nicdempsey

Welcome to Monday, hopefully this week, will be a better week than last week was but I will be as awesome as I was last week. I did really well even though the week itself was a ‘mare. Best Eight … Continue reading →

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