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Allotment Adventures: A Bit Windy

Posted on May 13, 2020 by nicdempsey

The allotment was all ok on the weekend, I went on Sunday and weeded the paths and put everything away because it was very windy, I also cut back the rosemary, it looks really bedraggled at the moment but I … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Today is as I’m sure everyone in the UK is aware, is the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The government and R4 seems anxious to wrap itself in a flag but I’m pretty tired of it. The only … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Weeds are everywhere

Posted on May 6, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s May, the point of my growing year where I’m not ready to start planting out and the weeds are all over the place! Without my trusty sidekick, I’m having to do a lot of the maintenance my own self … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Boris is Back and I can’t decide if that’s good news

Posted on May 1, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve had a pretty strange week, yesterday, I was at the allotment and someone or something stole my sandals. I think it was foxes, with that and the mystery cat, I feel like I’m being terrorised by small … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Cooking

Posted on April 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

I think I’ve said before that I’m not finding cooking during lockdown all that hard, I cook most of what I eat anyway and not having to pack it up to eat in the office is actually easier. I also … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Still indoors

Posted on April 24, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This is a bit late (sorry Mum!) because I have this thing called work instead of being on holiday in the North! However, I am in London and alive and well and not mourning the death of a … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Random Potatoes

Posted on April 20, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s that point in spring where the things that I’ve planted are slowly getting going but the weeds are going hell for leather! At the back of the plot I’m pulling up weeds and volunteer potatoes out (6 on Sunday) … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Cat Naps…

Posted on April 20, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I checked the calendar is it actually Monday… This is the ‘there are no updates’ Monday Miscellany post. So I would like to tell you about my night of being terrorised by a cat… Last Thursday night, I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Something to Love – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Posted on April 19, 2020 by nicdempsey

I needed to hear this right now…you might too..

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Friday Links: Three More Weeks?

Posted on April 17, 2020 by nicdempsey

We skipped a week because of Good Friday and we are now still in Easter. About the only thing John Paul II ever said that I found inspiring was that Christians ‘are an Easter people’. This is the time, which … Continue reading →

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