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Things that help

Posted on March 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the world is currently a bin fire of epic proportions. If we ignore things that are actually on fire. There’s Palestine/Israel/Lebanon, in fact none of the Middle East feels stable, there’s Ukraine and Russia, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Strawberries and more plants

Posted on March 5, 2025 by nicdempsey

I’m slowly starting to tidy up the plot (boy does it need tidying!) and while I haven’t sown one single solitary thing in Jan or February, I have bought some potatoes, strawberries and various other plants to help spur on … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Signs of Spring

Posted on March 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s March! I’m pretty sure that January was two days ago… We’ve started to get 10 hours of ‘daylight’ every day. It’s still England, so it’s very grey daylight but it has made a difference as I’ve started … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ignoring my own advice

Posted on January 8, 2025 by nicdempsey

Occasionally someone asks me for advice about getting an allotment and the only advice I have is go often. Don’t be mad keen in summer and ignore it from October until March. This year I just failed to take my … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: 2025

Posted on January 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was planning on having a strong autumn and winter as the end to 2024 but in reality, I fought 2024 to a draw and honestly it could have been worse. That meant this space got neglected as … Continue reading →

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Second Sunday of Advent: Christ has no body but yours

Posted on December 8, 2024 by nicdempsey

So I had a whole post prepped for the first Sunday of Advent but I got distracted and didn’t post it. The dictionary definition of Advent is ‘the beginning of an event, the invention of something or the arrival of … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Travel issues

Posted on November 25, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I’m tapping this post out at 7am on Monday morning from Bristol Coach Station, which should give you an idea of how my travel plans went over the weekend. The plan was to go down to Sarah’s on … Continue reading →

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Growing Orchids in Water

Posted on November 12, 2024 by nicdempsey

A couple of years ago, Ma bought me an orchid for my birthday, I’ve managed to keep it alive so far but this summer I’ve been rubbish at watering my house plants and the orchid needed repotting. I saw a thing … Continue reading →

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Blue Air Ceramics

Posted on October 29, 2024 by nicdempsey

Back in the mists of time, when I lived with both my parents, I had a pottery mug. It’s this one, it’s the one I still use when I’m at Ma’s. I’m not sure where it came from, but I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Dead Cat Bounce

Posted on October 28, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I’ve been completely absent over the last couple of weeks (so much for my Get a Grip goals in September!) because October is hard and I am tired and there is more change at work. However, we have … Continue reading →

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