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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: Tidying up

Posted on October 24, 2023 by nicdempsey

It has been really difficult this month to find the time for the plot. Ma is on an every other week cycle and I’m busy and tired and autumnal so it’s hard. However, I am determined to get the plot … 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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Allotment Adventures: Surprise

Posted on February 15, 2023 by nicdempsey

I’m still too far away from the plot to do much work on it, although this weekend we did visit to feed the birds and got a surprise. So to set the background, I had been talking my plot neighbour … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Drought

Posted on August 3, 2022 by nicdempsey

It’s been a while, I’ve not really had the energy to write about the plot because I’m exhausted by all the watering. We’re in the driest July since 1911, and London and the South East has had just 11% of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Trying to keep everything from getting crispy

Posted on July 20, 2022 by nicdempsey

It’s still too darn hot. I feel like all I do at the plot is water. Although we did get some rain yesterday night so I probably won’t water this evening! Other than the constant watering, we harvested our first … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Heatwave

Posted on July 13, 2022 by nicdempsey

It’s been a while since I posted an Allotment Adventures post (I’ve heard all about from the weeder in chief!) and it’s not because we haven’t been there, it’s just because I haven’t had the wherewithal to write a post. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Weedfinder General Returns

Posted on July 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

With the general relaxation of lockdown rules last Saturday, the allotment committee decided that people like my mum could come back in! Which we were both very excited about. Four and a half hours on the plot and I finally … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Some Rain

Posted on July 18, 2018 by nicdempsey

Last Friday night, there was actual rain, but it didn’t really seem to make a lot of difference to the plot, which still  needed watering on Saturday morning. The plot is doing well right now, the tomato plants all have … Continue reading →

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