Category Archives: allotment

Allotment Adventures: Planning for the spring

Posted on January 17, 2017 by nicdempsey

I haven’t been to the allotment yet this year! Every weekend we make plans to go, it pours down with rain and that stops play. Last time I was there it looked pretty bleak. The raspberries have all died back, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Wind, Rain and Raised Beds

Posted on November 23, 2016 by nicdempsey

It’s been roughly a month since I last wrote about the allotment. In that time the clocks went back and November got really serious about being a horrible month. The lid blew off the box of tools, it has rained … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Halloween Pumpkin Trail

Posted on November 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

The Halloween Pumpkin Trail was a success, we think we had about 2,000 people and we raised roughly £4,000. Plots were decorated, cakes, mulled wine, soup and hot dogs were sold and everyone seemed to be supportive of the allotments. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Getting on with it.

Posted on October 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

Allotment gardening is much like anything else, you plan, you do, you revise your plan and sometimes it seems likes it’s never going to come together and you’ll spend ages doing one thing and getting nowhere and sometimes it’ll all … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Dying back and planning

Posted on October 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

Back in May, when I signed the agreement for the plot, I was worried because I’d missed the start of the growing season (March-April) and it was a bit of a rush to get the ground clear, sort out how … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Spiritual Growth

Posted on October 12, 2016 by nicdempsey

It feels really odd to be at the end of my first growing season on the plot. Back in May, I couldn’t imagine how much the plot would take over my life or what we’d manage to do in the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The neverending weeding

Posted on September 21, 2016 by nicdempsey

We’re at a tricky point on the allotment right now. I started in May, so had missed the window on lots of sowing, so this month most stuff is coming to an end, except perhaps the courgettes, or not started … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The threat of development.

Posted on September 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

I was going to write about the raised beds and the cucumber plant and the gift that keeps on giving, the courgette plants but on the 31 August, Pathways, the charity that owns the land my allotment is on announced … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Hot

Posted on August 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week I was mostly hot and and eating salad. Yesterday was the last bank holiday before Christmas and I was so confused I forgot to post this yesterday because I was still in weekend mode! This week’s highlights. I grew … Continue reading →

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Courgette Pizza

Posted on August 18, 2016 by nicdempsey

I planted too many courgette plants this year. I knew going in that 6 was probably too many but I didn’t understand what that would mean. It would mean that on Monday night having finally got down to 2 courgettes, … Continue reading →

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