Category Archives: allotment

Allotment Adventures: Swarms and a full polytunnel

Posted on May 18, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week, I was on a mission. There were a couple of things I felt had to be done; get all the plants in the living room into the polytunnel and work out how many I have and where they … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Spring Flowers

Posted on May 11, 2022 by nicdempsey

We’re coming up to halfway through the month and I haven’t planted anything outside. I’ve got most of the tomatoes into the polytunnel and we’ve sown celeriac, peas, carrots and beetroot outside but aside from tomatoes, I’ve only sown a … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Anniversary

Posted on May 10, 2022 by nicdempsey

Saturday marked six years of having the plot. It’s been a ride. Six years ago, it was a half plot. It had a plum tree, two rhubarb crowns, some raspberries, lots of metal pipes and weeds, lots and lots of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Surfeit of Tomato Plants

Posted on April 27, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week, I started to pot on the tomatoes. I thought I was being restrained. Reader, I was not. Eight small pots turned into 71 seedlings and I have one more pot to go but I’ve run out of compost. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Watering

Posted on April 20, 2022 by nicdempsey

We hit the allotment on Monday. We had a small list and as is the way with the plot, we did loads but not all of the things we planned on. Firstly, the water has been switched on which is … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Spring

Posted on April 13, 2022 by nicdempsey

Sometimes, at this time of year, I look at the plot and I think about all the things I need to do and sigh, sometimes I feel really smug because we’re so far ahead of ourselves. For this year, I … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tiptoeing through the Tulips

Posted on April 6, 2022 by nicdempsey

Last weekend we had strange weather. We were on the plot on Saturday and it was sunny, then snowy. I’m not a person who skis, so wearing sunglasses as it snows is not an experience I ever expected! Anyway, Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Spring

Posted on March 23, 2022 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve not been talking about the plot, we have been doing things on it. We swapped the position of some of the compost bins and storage, because something was digging up the middle compost bin and depositing it all … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Start

Posted on March 2, 2022 by nicdempsey

March marks the real start of the allotment year for me. You can tell this because yesterday, 1000 litres of compost (Wickes peat free) got delivered to the flat yesterday and I’ve started to wheelbarrow it around to the plot … Continue reading →

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March

Posted on March 1, 2022 by nicdempsey

We’re already into the third month of the year! Congratulations on getting through two of the worst months of the year. I say this like March and April are walks in the park when in fact they are not, especially … Continue reading →

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