Category Archives: allotment

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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Allotment Adventures: Cages

Posted on August 22, 2018 by nicdempsey

Behold the power of an August harvest! The Uchiki Kiri in the boxes were dying back so we cut them down and they are now in my living room curing. We had the usual abundance of courgettes and crooknecks. The … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Rain and Woodchip

Posted on August 15, 2018 by nicdempsey

We had rain this week, lots and lots of glorious rain, I had to use an umbrella! The allotment also got a delivery of woodchip. So most of my Saturday morning at the plot was spent wheelbarrowing woodchip from the … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Plot: Courgette and Tomato Pasta Sauce

Posted on August 14, 2018 by nicdempsey

It’s August and at some point in August, you can guarantee there will be a post about how to use up a courgette. We got one on Tuesday and five on Saturday, which isn’t an excessive amount but they were … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Visit from the family

Posted on August 8, 2018 by nicdempsey

It’s been so hot. So there has been a lot of watering! On Sunday, I had help from the nephews and my brother. Joe also ate all the ripe tomatoes and the allotment rang with Joe asking for more “Grandma … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Breaking weather

Posted on August 1, 2018 by nicdempsey

Finally, the heatwave broke. On Friday, it finally got cooler. There was some rain too but Sunday was the day for rain in Ealing. We didn’t plan on doing a lot on the plot this week. Watering, feeding, picking produce.The … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Granita

Posted on July 31, 2018 by nicdempsey

Food has been absent from this space for a while. Not because I’m not cooking but because I’ve not been doing anything new, or I have but I haven’t thought to write it up or I have thought about writing … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on July 30, 2018 by nicdempsey

Sunday morning looked like this. It made me very, very happy! This and the predicted temps for this week not going above 30 degrees mean that I won’t be watering every day and/or feeling guilty for the days that I … Continue reading →

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