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Sunday Music: Earth, Wind and Fire – September

Posted on September 22, 2024 by nicdempsey

I love this song and it’s almost date appropriate so any excuse…

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Recommended: Circular and Co Cup

Posted on September 21, 2024 by nicdempsey

Last year, the lid on the travel mug I’d been using died and while technically it still worked it was becoming awkward to use. As soon as I’d bought it, I realised my mistake because it didn’t fit under coffee … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: So fed up

Posted on September 20, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! These links are the culmination of at least a month of me collecting them and then forgetting to hit publish so some may be a little out of date! Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in West … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Slowly tidying up…

Posted on September 18, 2024 by nicdempsey

This weekend, I did actually get to the plot, and worked on the plot. First up was collection, I picked tomatoes and discovered blight on the tumbling toms, so up they came. Without Ma there to keep me on task, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: September Struggle Bus

Posted on September 16, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! September is a struggle month, it’s the same month every year and every year I have to relearn how to be in September. Yesterday, I was talking to Sarah about how I’m coming to terms with life at … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Fairweather Gardener

Posted on September 11, 2024 by nicdempsey

I didn’t do much on the plot this week. I did collect produce and get the green bit emptied. so I’m ready for the weekend. I also got news that the garlic is arriving this week. Which I’d forgotten about … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Pink Skies – Zach Bryan

Posted on September 8, 2024 by nicdempsey

This is just beautiful.

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September is the new January

Posted on September 5, 2024 by nicdempsey

We are out of August and into the last four months of the year, 2024 is going quickly. September always feels like a new start because it was always the start of the school year and I tend to use … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: On the verge of massive change

Posted on September 4, 2024 by nicdempsey

Confession time, I didn’t get as much done last week as I wanted to, but I did get a lot done and the green waste bin is completely full and there are three and a half compost bags of weeds … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Fruit of my Neglect

Posted on August 28, 2024 by nicdempsey

While I wouldn’t say this is the worse year I’ve ever had, it’s been full on and full of stuff I didn’t count on and I haven’t spent as much time on the plot as I would have liked to … Continue reading →

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