Tag Archives: allotment

Life Happened: Hot

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week, the hot weather hit, I did a lot of watering and everyone was tired. And that was about it. This is not to say it was a bad week, it was a good week and a better weekend … Continue reading →

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Gooseberry Yoghurt Ice Lollies

Posted on July 21, 2016 by nicdempsey

Gooseberries were on my wish list for the allotment and when I realised that there were already 3 bushes on my plot I was over the moon! Only one of those bushes fruited this year, I think the others would … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Burnt

Posted on July 18, 2016 by nicdempsey

This week was another normal week for me. I was on top of work but it was busy, I worked from home on Friday and over the weekend we had amazing weather. Ma and I worked really hard on Saturday and … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Snatching positivity from the jaws of a bad week

Posted on July 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week did not feel like like a good week but it wasn’t actually all that bad. It absolutely had it’s moments but some of those moments were pretty good. I had three trips to the allotment. For watering and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Eight weeks later.

Posted on July 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Saturday marked eight weeks of allotmenting. This is what it looked liked then.It looks quite different now. The weeds went haywire in between times  I was very lucky because the allotment was given up, not abandoned, the weeds were never completely … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Weed and Feed

Posted on July 4, 2016 by nicdempsey

It was a pretty standard work week. I worked all five days. We had a company end of year wrap up on Friday and I had a quarterly review on Thursday. I bought allotment stuff (seeds, a bucket, some canes) … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Things are growing

Posted on June 15, 2016 by nicdempsey

That allotment looks pretty good. I keep having to remind myself that it’s only been five weeks and given the limitations of time and money and equipment and knowledge, I’ve done pretty well. It rained a lot this week and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Finally growing more than weeds

Posted on June 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

I didn’t do everything I set out to do this weekend but there was progress From this to thisThat’s herbs (rosemary, sage, marjoram and thyme), tomatoes, courgettes and french beans in. The beans are not looking so great right now but … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: In the weeds

Posted on May 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

After a weekend away and some rain I will admit to being apprehensive about what I was going to find on the plot on Monday. Would the lavender be dead already, would the weeds have taken over again? The answers … Continue reading →

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The Allotment Adventure: Seedlings and Digging

Posted on May 18, 2016 by nicdempsey

I have to confess to feeling when I talk about the allotment, that I am moaning about my diamond shoes being too tight, because I am at a tiny bit of a loss when it comes to my space at … Continue reading →

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