Category Archives: allotment

Cooking from the Plot: Caramelised Courgettes

Posted on August 17, 2017 by nicdempsey

We’re back to 101 ways of using up courgettes. This recipe. I use basil. It’s amazing. That it all.

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Allotment Adventures: State of the Plot

Posted on August 16, 2017 by nicdempsey

We’ve come a long way, this was the plot in August last year.This year there is more of everything and it’s much tidier. So let’s have a chat about what work we did on the plot over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Gluts

Posted on August 2, 2017 by nicdempsey

This week’s glut is plums. Last week, I went to do the watering and came home with produce, after washing and de-stoning and getting rid of any with creatures, I had 2.3kgs of plums. We’re not doing badly with cucumbers … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Cut your losses

Posted on July 26, 2017 by nicdempsey

This was the week I decided that it was ok to stop doing something if it wasn’t doing well. That thing was the boston squash. I had put what I thought was 2 baby blue hubbards in the box to … Continue reading →

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A Day in Food: Eating from the plot

Posted on July 20, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s that time of year when the allotment is contributing to what I eat. I thought it would be fun to run through a day’s eating and show you what I eat in a day and point out what I … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Worrying

Posted on July 19, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’m a complete basket case right now and worried about every little thing, I know it’s going ok and it looks lovely.But I have the creeping fear that it’s all going to go wrong and everything will die. Let’s start … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Harvest

Posted on July 12, 2017 by nicdempsey

After the excitement of the Open Day, this week it was time to get back to work, those of you following along will remember that last week, I had a big long list of stuff to do. Here is is … Continue reading →

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How I Grow: Beds

Posted on July 11, 2017 by nicdempsey

This year, the allotment site was entered into the Ealing in Bloom competition, we had a first visit in June and I’m told that the judges were disappointed that more of our individual allotments weren’t entered into the competition. There … Continue reading →

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Allotment Cooking: Carrot Top Pesto

Posted on July 6, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of the most important lessons I’ve learnt about growing carrots is not to leave carrot thinnings lying around because the scent attracts carrot fly. The second thing I’ve learnt about growing carrots is to sow thinly (I’m working on … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Award Winner

Posted on July 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last week was a bit of wash out on the allotment front, I was ill from Tuesday to Thursday so didn’t get to the plot, thank goodness that the weather was colder and there was rain, otherwise my poor plants … Continue reading →

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