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Allotment Adventures: Back to rain

Posted on October 7, 2020 by nicdempsey

We came back on Saturday to a downpour, which didn’t really stop on Sunday. The plot is looking autumnal and bedraggled. So we went to the plot for kale, chard, leeks and raspberries! One of the rhubarb is still alive … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Last of the Tomatoes

Posted on September 30, 2020 by nicdempsey

I picked all the tomatoes last Friday, and another eight squash and the last cucumbers. The weather has changed and it’s getting colder so I didn’t want to go away for the week and lose the last of them. I … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ready for the change of season

Posted on September 23, 2020 by nicdempsey

We actually did more than weeding and collecting this week! The plot is still at the weird, messy and winding down stage we are still getting harvests but less squash and cucumbers and more leafy greens! We are still waiting … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Winter Squash Part One

Posted on August 19, 2020 by nicdempsey

It was quite a week for harvest! We had 17 winter squash, the first french beans, our first proper cauliflower, two patty pans, two crookneck, eight cukes (plus two that are yellow and not for eating, I don’t know how … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: August is the month

Posted on August 12, 2020 by nicdempsey

Confession time, this has not been my best allotment year. The adjustment to the bigger plot, three months without my hardworking sidekick (Jillian, Destroyer of all Weeds) was tough just at the point that I should have been thinking about … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tidying up

Posted on July 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

The theme of my week was tidying up and it continued into the allotment. Ma and I re-purposed some furniture from the flat and re-arranged the shed. Floor space! Looking back we seem always to have a shed tidy at … Continue reading →

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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: Slow

Posted on July 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

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Allotment Adventures: June

Posted on June 24, 2020 by nicdempsey

So I had a list 2 weeks ago and this is where we are with it. weed the paths cut the grass weed the top of the plot weed the beds pot up the verbena half the old broad bean … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Nearly there

Posted on May 27, 2020 by nicdempsey

We’re nearly at the end of May, it’s been 10 weeks since the Weeder-in-Chief has been on the plot and I’m struggling to get it all done, there’s always something that doesn’t get finished because I’m sidetracked by weeding. The … Continue reading →

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