Category Archives: allotment

Preserving the Plot: All the Jam

Posted on February 8, 2024 by nicdempsey

Last year was a good berry year at the plot. We got gooseberries, blueberries and blackcurrants, lots of them. I knew that this year was going to be a jam making year. Last year, I only made blackcurrant and tomato … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: What I’m Sowing in February

Posted on February 7, 2024 by nicdempsey

I’ve been trying to assemble a list of what we plan to grow this year and it’s just too much. So I’m going to break it down for each month so that I can hold myself accountable to get things … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A New Season

Posted on January 24, 2024 by nicdempsey

While I have been away from the blog, I have visited the the plot. We haven’t done a ton of work, Ma is only coming every other week and there has been lots of other stuff going on. There has … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Starting to tidy up

Posted on September 27, 2023 by nicdempsey

Ma and I have decided that allotment work is best tackled in the morning. If we get up and go straight to the plot and work to about noon, we are, or at least we feel, far more productive. Ma … Continue reading →

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Preserving the Plot: Garlic

Posted on September 14, 2023 by nicdempsey

We grow a lot of garlic, my aim is that we should be self sufficient in garlic. This year we grew an extra bed but lots of our garlic while great wasn’t in great shape for storage for the year. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Hottest week of the Year

Posted on September 13, 2023 by nicdempsey

Last week was the hottest week of the year, in September as it’s slowly getting darker in the morning and at night. Climate change and global warming causes weather instability and this is what we’ve had over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: End of Season Disconnect

Posted on September 6, 2023 by nicdempsey

Sometimes, something pops up on social media that is just what I need to hear. Jess at Roots and Refuge has managed it twice in the last month. At about 8:08, she talks about the struggle this time of year … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: And Just Like That, Tomatoes

Posted on August 23, 2023 by nicdempsey

This week we finally got tomatoes. Not many but they are starting…. There are bits of the plot that need weeding so badly and things that really need to get in the ground and there may be blight but there … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Still Wild

Posted on August 16, 2023 by nicdempsey

The general theme of 2023 seems to be that I can have good things, but I can’t have any control over them, this is very clear on the plot. Before I launch into talking about the plot, I do take … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Wild

Posted on August 2, 2023 by nicdempsey

While I don’t want a repeat of last year’s heatwave and drought, British weather this year has gone from one extreme to another, the weather over the last couple of weeks has been miserable. Rain has consistently stopped play this … Continue reading →

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