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Friday Links: Everything Sucks

Posted on October 8, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a while. The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist. This. Access to the Tory party is being bought by a new class of tycoon funders All women know they … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Lots of Produce, Not Much Work

Posted on October 6, 2021 by nicdempsey

We’ve not spend a lot of time on the plot for the past couple of weeks. The weather has been weird, I’ve been busy, Ma’s knee has been playing up. The allotment feels like it’s been more productive in the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: So very busy

Posted on October 5, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! People, last week was wildly busy. In fact the last couple of weeks have been pretty busy and I have a case of Autumn coming on. Which is why posting has been scanty this for the last couple … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Missing in action

Posted on September 27, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! There was no miscellany last week because the week before wasn’t a great week, I had a migraine on Monday night, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday late evening. They’ve been getting worse and are the reason that … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Son’s Gonna Rise – Citizen Cope

Posted on September 19, 2021 by nicdempsey
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Friday Links:

Posted on September 17, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a week, so I thought all would all be cheered up by this picture of Barney. He’s my brother’s dog and he’s A Very Good Boy! Last week completely got away from me, so you have … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: September

Posted on September 15, 2021 by nicdempsey

This time of year is tricky. Summer isn’t precisely over yet, if you have tomatoes unblighted, they are probably producing, the summer squash isn’t over quite yet and there is kale, chard and raspberries starting to ramp up production. Last … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Partied Out

Posted on September 13, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week was extremely social for me, I’m for sure going to spend some time this week alone and not talking to anyone because I’m feeling slightly crazed… Part of that is because of the ongoing new neighbours … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Seep

Posted on September 11, 2021 by nicdempsey

As part of my climate conscious, use less plastic drive, I needed to address the problem of washing up sponges. Once I’d used up the ones I had already bought, I tried some silicone ones but they were worse than … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Harvesting

Posted on September 8, 2021 by nicdempsey

We didn’t do much this week, I was tired and needed to shop. So we came and watered (which was a mission in and of itself) and harvested. The beans and cukes are winding down but the summer squash is … Continue reading →

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