Category Archives: Gardening

Allotment Adventures: A change of plan

Posted on July 22, 2020 by nicdempsey

Last Saturday, during an epic watering session of the plot (mostly of the squash!) Ma turned around and said we should put an area to sit in next to the rose garden and pond. That part of the plot gets … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Structure

Posted on January 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

This week we got the plot. You can tell that people are beginning to think about Spring because there are more people on site, it’s also because the committee did unofficial site inspections before Christmas and spoke to the plot … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: No work this week

Posted on January 22, 2020 by nicdempsey

This weekend was the best weather we’ve had in ages, but we didn’t work on the plot due to Ma’s head injury and having visitors. I did get the bird feeders filled up but that’s about it!

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Allotment Adventures: Halfway there

Posted on January 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

I think we surprised ourselves this weekend. We have both the larger squash beds built and got the paths in. I dug the area over, Ma did so much weeding and then because there was wood chip (ex Christmas trees) … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Tidy Up

Posted on July 24, 2019 by nicdempsey

I love to read Allan Jenkins’ Sunday column in the Observer about his allotment. This week, in one of the comments, someone talks about this time of year and the garden’s descent into chaos. While the plot isn’t actually in … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Dreaming for Next Year

Posted on February 13, 2019 by nicdempsey

I didn’t get to the plot last weekend, Ma and I went to the allotment the weekend before last. We dug up leeks for lunch (leek, anchovy and goats cheese tart), we refilled the bird feeders and we chatted to … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Busy doing nothing

Posted on January 30, 2019 by nicdempsey

Honestly the week has passed and we’ve done nothing except re-up the birdfeeders. This week we harvested leeks, kale and chard and bought seed potatoes. We have settled on five bags of nicola, one of pink fir apple and two … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Autumn Raspberries and buying seeds

Posted on January 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

The weather last weekend was grey and miserable, it wasn’t properly cold but felt cold because it was so grey. The herb patch is looking green but straggly (you can see how warm it’s been because the lemon verbena is … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Year in Pictures

Posted on December 26, 2018 by nicdempsey

This is really to remind myself that we did loads and that spring will come again… JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMay June July August September October November December

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Ham House

Posted on August 9, 2018 by nicdempsey

On Sunday, I went to Ham House. Jo and I didn’t know what to do, Jo wanted to do something ‘National Trust or museum-y’, so I suggested Ham. I’d suggest it’s our age but Jo and I together have always … Continue reading →

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