Category Archives: allotment

Allotment Adventures: Work is never done

Posted on November 21, 2018 by nicdempsey

We had a really good long stretch of work on the plot this weekend. Which started with a car that wouldn’t go and 700 litres of compost. Wheelbarrowing 700 litres of compost is not high on my ‘things to do’ … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: November visit

Posted on November 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

After a week’s absence, the allotment was the beginning of my very busy Saturday.It’s looking very autumnal at the moment and Saturday was a very quick visit. We cleared up the Halloween stuff and cleared the nasturtiums that finally admitted … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Pumpkin Walk

Posted on October 31, 2018 by nicdempsey

Not much gardening this week…

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Allotment Adventures: Sprung a Leek

Posted on October 17, 2018 by nicdempsey

There isn’t an awful lot to do right now, which is good because we didn’t have a lot of time. We picked kale, chard, parsley, coriander, salad leaves and a couple of leeks.We did a bit of weeding and we … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Discouraged

Posted on October 10, 2018 by nicdempsey

I’m feeling discouraged mostly because of the sodding aphids. I had to pull up some kale plants because they were infested, bloody infested with cabbage aphids. Then I went to pick some chard to find that the bloody ants have … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ma Does All the Work

Posted on October 3, 2018 by nicdempsey

This weekend was the Ealing Half, so I was handing out water and left Ma on the plot with a packed breakfast, a flask of coffee and a worklist. She was amazing. We called time on all the summer and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Bulbs

Posted on September 19, 2018 by nicdempsey

We headed to the allotment on Friday to collect feed and work. We had so much, we took a bunch of stuff to Sarah and Justin and a lot has come up with us to Northumberland. Then we finally got … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Work, work, work

Posted on September 12, 2018 by nicdempsey

Over the weekend, Ben was saying how much he liked my shed, Ma told him, it was her shed and he couldn’t have it. Neither of them have any respect for my possessions! This year, our third season but only … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: You can’t garden with a migraine

Posted on September 5, 2018 by nicdempsey

This is a very short update because we were at the allotment less than an hour, I think. Things are starting to slow down, this was the first week there wasn’t a courgette in our produce collection. There were two … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: August and Everything After

Posted on August 29, 2018 by nicdempsey

We had a pretty good day at the plot this weekend. We harvested courgettes, crooknecks, tomatoes, chard, kale and herbs (basil, parlsey, thyme and mint).We also had to call time on the runner beans. They were great but had completely … Continue reading →

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