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Friday Links: Wear a Goddamn Mask

Posted on July 17, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s not Friday. I forgot to schedule this on Thursday night and on Friday morning, got up at ridiculous o’clock (5:30am) because I couldn’t sleep and had to go into the office. Basically, I needed to clear out my locker … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes that don’t taste like disapointment

Posted on July 16, 2020 by nicdempsey

I didn’t eat raw tomatoes until I was an adult. In my late thirties, I would occasionally eat a bruschetta but not very often. Then I got an allotment. In my first year, I grew some gifted cherry plants and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Slow

Posted on July 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2020, allotment, allotment adventures, alyssum, aramanth, autumn plans, autumn raspberries, borage, campanula, carrots, centaurea montana, courgette, crocosmia, crooknecks, cucumbers, dianthus, eryngium planum, flowers, french beans, garden areas, giant snowdrops, grow your own, July, July 2020, lavender, lemon thyme, oregano, pond, raised beds, red mountain spinach, rose garden, roses, sage, shasta daisy, sisyrinchium, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, verbena bonariesis, white borage, winter squash | Leave a comment

Monday Miscellany: New Normal

Posted on July 13, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Is anyone else struggling and out of sorts? I am, my boss is, most of the people at work are. It seems like everyone is feeling a bit discombobulated right now, for me it’s about things going back … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live | Tagged 2020, July, Monday Miscellany | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: The Weedfinder General Returns

Posted on July 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

With the general relaxation of lockdown rules last Saturday, the allotment committee decided that people like my mum could come back in! Which we were both very excited about. Four and a half hours on the plot and I finally … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotmentadventures, backtogetheragain, beetroots, blueberries, care of gooseberry bushes, carrots, flowers, grow some food, grow your own, July, london plot, plot life, raised beds, rhubarb, summer, the weedfindergeneral, tomatoes, urban garden, weeding, weeds, winter squash | 3 Comments

Friday Links: Hamilton Day

Posted on July 3, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve been absent for a couple of weeks because it’s been pretty difficult to deal with the news. Anyway this weekend, we’re going to get some relaxation of rules because the death rate is down, whether it will … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | Tagged 2020, bread, civil service, covid economy, covid long haulers, CSAs for the 1%, football, Friday Links, July, July 2020, Mark Sedwell, mindfulness, racism and empire | Leave a comment

Monday Miscellany: Rain, Wind and Nephews

Posted on June 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! This weekend, Ma and I went to Shefford. It rained but it was lovely to see the family. Since we last saw them, L’s nan has died and B has been in hospital for a non-COVID issue so … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: June

Posted on June 24, 2020 by nicdempsey

So I had a list 2 weeks ago and this is where we are with it. weed the paths cut the grass weed the top of the plot weed the beds pot up the verbena half the old broad bean … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, blueberries, flowers, june 2020, kale, new planting, pond, roses, squash, worklist | 1 Comment

Friday Links: A Government run by Bugs Bunny would be more efficient

Posted on June 19, 2020 by nicdempsey

On Wednesday mornings, Sean Bean is presenting a programme called Legacy of War, which explores the impact that war experiences had on entire families and down the generations. It’s been interesting last week’s was about John Beckett, who was a … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Support Bubble

Posted on June 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

I have a weekly catch up with my manager on Friday, it’s never a really long meeting, we talk through his diary for the next couple of weeks, talk about what I’m doing, catch up on how we’re feeling, things … Continue reading →