Category Archives: allotment

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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Allotment Adventures: She’s back!

Posted on March 17, 2021 by nicdempsey

There she is, the lesser spotted weeder. She’s was back for a brief time on the plot. She decided it was too windy to weed so we finished woodchipping the main path and topped up two more of the beds. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Spring Tidy

Posted on March 10, 2021 by nicdempsey

On Saturday morning, I was facing a stack of compost to wheelbarrow to the plot, but my lovely friends Sue and Richard came and rescued me with their car and by 10:30 all of the compost was at the plot. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Back to Work

Posted on March 3, 2021 by nicdempsey

Although it’s not quite spring, it’s getting lighter and warmer and it’s time for me to resume work on the plot. So last weekend, I spent 4 hours on the plot. Trips to the plot always involve carrying something, this … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Planning for next season

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nicdempsey

We are now in our third lockdown in the UK, with the way the infection rates are climbing Mum and I have decided that it was better that she didn’t come over on the bus to see me or work … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Winter Work

Posted on December 16, 2020 by nicdempsey

Last weekend was probably the most work we’ll do on the plot until Christmas but the winter work continues. I really enjoy the more relaxed pace of winter, we don’t have to spend all day on the plot but the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: We built compost bins

Posted on December 9, 2020 by nicdempsey

We finally got the compost bins built this week! They are not straight but they are built! That done, I got on with cutting down the autumn raspberries and removing the summer one. Ma got on with weeding the area … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Still haven’t sorted out the compost bins

Posted on November 25, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’m beginning to think that the compost bins are cursed. First, the screws were lost, then it rained and rained, this week the screw bit for drill vanished. Instead of building the compost bins, we weeded the rose garden and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Rain and Woodchip

Posted on November 4, 2020 by nicdempsey

So every time I left the house last weekend, I got rained on. Fortunately for me, Ma decided that we’d start early so we did get two of the compost bins on the plot. We couldn’t assemble them because someone … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Where are my compost bins?

Posted on October 28, 2020 by nicdempsey

I’m still waiting for my compost bins to arrive and it was quite rainy on Saturday. So we finished building a bed and built another one. Collected produce and weeded. Then it started to rain and we went home. Next … Continue reading →

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