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Allotment Adventures: Ready for the change of season

Posted on September 23, 2020 by nicdempsey

We actually did more than weeding and collecting this week! The plot is still at the weird, messy and winding down stage we are still getting harvests but less squash and cucumbers and more leafy greens! We are still waiting … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Tapped Out

Posted on September 21, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Confession time, someone should stick a fork in me because I’m done. I’m over it all. We had the virtual offsite on Friday and I’m so glad that I wasn’t presenting because by the time we got the … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Busy

Posted on September 14, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Today I am taking a trip to the Southampton office. I need to get there, do some and hightail it out of there by about 2pm. Fun. Was wasn’t fun was getting up at 6am, in the dark … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ma does all the work (again)

Posted on September 9, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’ve not been to the allotment since Friday, when I spent an hour harvesting and left Ma on the plot to weed. I’m doing the same thing today and at the weekend, I’ll go and do some work while Ma … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Two Birthdays and a Quiz

Posted on September 7, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I had such a good weekend that the working week is going to be a bit of a comedown! In the week, we had a virtual birthday party for a friend. I hosted the work quiz, which Ma … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: A Confederacy of Dunces…

Posted on September 4, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Schools are going back, the govt has not got anymore efficient and I’m tired and grumpy! Happy Autumn folks… The Tory party has been hollowed out and filled with Boris Johnson’s vanity. It’s like Thatcher never happened, the … Continue reading →

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A Summer of Canning: Why I’m preserving more food this year

Posted on September 3, 2020 by nicdempsey

I have dabbled with canning. I preserved some of my home grown tomatoes, in 2017 but not since, I make jam and marmalade but full on canning has been something I’ve thought about but not actually done. Most of my … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Summer Exhaustion and Autumn Planning

Posted on September 2, 2020 by nicdempsey

There hasn’t been an update for two weeks and the harvests have been crazy… So much food! This weekend we said goodbye to the french beans, the wind did for the frame and so we pulled them up. Last weekend … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: September

Posted on September 1, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday, Tuesday! Last week was a write off because I was ill, there was much throwing up and it was not at all pleasant. I worked and slept and that is all I managed until Friday when I had … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Winter Squash Part One

Posted on August 19, 2020 by nicdempsey

It was quite a week for harvest! We had 17 winter squash, the first french beans, our first proper cauliflower, two patty pans, two crookneck, eight cukes (plus two that are yellow and not for eating, I don’t know how … Continue reading →

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