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Allotment Adventures: Early Morning Watering

Posted on June 22, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s been so hot this week. One of the disadvantages of growing your own is that you have to water your own! I’ve mostly been watering in the morning, it takes about 45 minutes because I planted such water loving … Continue reading →

Allotment Adventures: Non Lazy Summer Sunday Morning

Posted on June 21, 2017 by nicdempsey

I have this weekend and next weekend before I’m losing my weeder for a weekend. Ma is away on holiday at the the end of June which co-incides with the Open Day. Where I’m doing double duty, an hour on … Continue reading →

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Clothes Shopping Sucks

Posted on June 20, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’m currently having a bad clothes month. This month all of my clothes are falling to bits. Working with a limited wardrobe is fine, I actually find it much easier, but when that limited wardrobe decides it’s had enough, it … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live, Random, Shopping, Whining | Tagged clothes shopping is not fun, desperately seeking clothes I can wear, I hate the high street, when clothes die | 1 Comment

Best/Worst – 12 to 16 June 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by nicdempsey

Welcome to a new week. This is where I recap the highs and lows of last week. My week was completely overshadowed by the Grenfall Tower fire. Everything in this list feels petty and unimportant next to what happened there. … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live | Tagged best/worst, How I Live, w/c 12 June 2017 | Leave a comment

Sunday Music: Waterloo

Posted on June 18, 2017 by nicdempsey

Today is Father’s Day but it’s also the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo! Wellington was probably not the sort of man that I’d like, he was a snob and believed absolutely in the superiority of the English aristocracy, he … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on June 16, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Well, it’s been a week. I was going to post a ton of stuff this week and then the Grenfall Tower fire happened and I honestly haven’t really been able to concentrate since. It’s not really local to … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | Tagged Father's Day, grenfall tower, health and safety, housing, low incomes, social housing, the General Election 2017, Theresa May | Leave a comment

Junipalooza

Posted on June 15, 2017 by nicdempsey

How do you celebrate World Gin Day? Ma, Christelle and I went to Junipalooza at the Tabacco Docks. Junipalooza is run by the Gin Foundry and in it’s fourth year but it’s the first time I’ve been we decided to go … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Herb Bed

Posted on June 14, 2017 by nicdempsey

This year was not a great year for rhubarb or gooseberries. The garlic and onions weren’t brilliant and the blackcurrant and broad beans got blackfly. So it would be easy to be disheartened. I’m not and one of the reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, borage, chives, growing, herb bed, herb patch progress, herbs, lemon verbena, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: You never finish…

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last weekend we had a long list of things to do on the plot and had assigned Sunday as the day to do it. We had popped round to deliver some compost, water and eat some strawberries on Friday afternoon … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, cucumbers, grow your own, grow your own food, herbs, june on the plot, organisation, raspberries, rhubarb, salad, strawberries, summer on the plot, summer squash, tomatoes, watering, winter squash, work | Leave a comment

Best/Worst 5-11 June 2017

Posted on June 12, 2017 by nicdempsey

Hello Monday! The weekend is done and it’s time to go back to work! I’ve had a fantastic weekend and am feeling ready for the week ahead… Best First Raspberry. Yay for summer. Junipalooza. A hall of gin, getting to … Continue reading →

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