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Allotment Adventures: All the work

Posted on April 21, 2021 by nicdempsey

Easter weekend was not as plot heavy as I planned. Ma and I finished the row of bed building. We had to re-arrange the top of the plot a bit to make that last bed fit and that row of … Continue reading →

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Small Changes Redux

Posted on April 20, 2021 by nicdempsey

Remember last year in January, I wanted to make some small changes that would improve my life/make it slightly more sustainable? Then two months later, we went into lockdown and I sort of abandoned the whole enterprise.. While we are … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Slightly more productive

Posted on April 19, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I took an unintentional week off posting last week, it was my first full week back at work and I was not firing on all cylinders and started the week still tackling the backlog of emails. Usually, I … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Coming

Posted on April 2, 2021 by nicdempsey

In what is now a Good Friday tradition….

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Friday Links on Thursday

Posted on April 1, 2021 by nicdempsey

As is usual at Easter, Friday Links becomes Thursday Links because I don’t like to post links on Good Friday. Just like I haven’t eaten chocolate this week even though my 40 days of Lent finished last Sunday! Here are … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Build More Beds

Posted on March 31, 2021 by nicdempsey

It was the last weekend in March and it was like a starting gun went off. We planted the potatoes out and sowed broad beans, peas, carrots and beetroots. We also planted out some white hyacinths I’d bought in Sainsburys, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: A Consequence of Middle Age

Posted on March 29, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! My friend Sarah, used to talk about her ‘angel of death’ phase, there was a period of years where it seemed like all the important people in her life died. I had that phase from 24 to 34 … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Pandemic Tired

Posted on March 26, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Rising from the rubble: London pub rebuilt brick by brick after illegal bulldozing Tips and tricks for the tastiest tomatoes. I’m still holding off sowing mine, but this is quite interesting, I do a lot of leaf removal … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: That difficult patch of weeds

Posted on March 24, 2021 by nicdempsey

I finally got to the weeds next to the squash bed. It also required dismantling the squash bed but it’s done. I took most of the sides off and used them to create, one side of the ‘new’ bed. It’ll … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Spring

Posted on March 22, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Despite having walking issues this morning (heavy day at the plot yesterday!) The Spring Equinox was on Saturday and next week in the UK the clocks go forward. Spring is on it’s way! Last week wasn’t great, no … Continue reading →

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