Tag Archives: allotment

Monday Miscellany

Posted on January 15, 2018 by nicdempsey

Last week was hard, my first full five day working week in three months, tough. The 9 to 5 wasn’t too bad, it was all the other stuff – the commuting, getting up in the dark, the rush to be … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: 2018

Posted on January 10, 2018 by nicdempsey

It’s January and I’m desperate for time to hurry up and Spring to spring so I can get back to growing things. However, last year I started sowing too early, so this year I’m holding my nerve and not sowing … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on January 8, 2018 by nicdempsey

Last year, I posted about what I did the week before and it got a bit boring. So this year, instead of sticking to a ‘this is what I did’ post, I’ll just write whatever is on my mind when … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Cold Weather and the War on Pigeons

Posted on December 6, 2017 by nicdempsey

So two weeks of updates in one. It’s cold, we haven’t been on the plot much but we have done some things. The giant cosmos came down. It looked like thisThen after an afternoon of chopping them down and then … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Getting a bit chilly

Posted on November 8, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last week didn’t only mark the beginning of November but maybe the beginning of cold weather. It has been getting colder, on the plot you can see it in what’s coming off the plot, as my allotment neighbour put it … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Shutting up shop, harvesting and helping others

Posted on October 11, 2017 by nicdempsey

We missed a week on allotment last week, I was busy over the weekend and the plot had to fend for itself. However, in the week I popped down to get some chard and picked the last crookneck squashes as … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Ma does all the work

Posted on September 27, 2017 by nicdempsey

Not a huge amount to report this week. I was volunteering at the Ealing Half Marathon this Sunday, so I left Ma on the plot at 7:30 ish with coffee and malt loaf and picked her up at 12-ish.In that … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Allotment: Preserving Tomatoes

Posted on September 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve found managing the produce that comes off the plot this year much more manageable. I’ve eaten a lot more veg as it comes off the plot, I love the idea of putting up food that I’ve grown. Probably … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: September

Posted on September 6, 2017 by nicdempsey

The food production on the plot is slowing down but not so you’d notice from the weekly produce shots.Courgettes, crookneck squash, a patty pan, salad, chard (the self seeded one next to the flowers at the top of the plot), … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tomatoes…

Posted on August 30, 2017 by nicdempsey

This week we picked the last of the french beans. Said goodbye to some tomato plants and collected about 2 kilos of tomatoes. Some of the broccoli had flowered so we cut the rest and took the netting down. We’ll … Continue reading →

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