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Allotment Adventures: Sometimes I Just Complicate Everything

Posted on July 2, 2025 by nicdempsey

I have more plants. So the key job last week was getting them in the ground. However, I live in London which for the last few days has been in a heatwave. If you don’t live here, I promise that … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Some planting, more weeding

Posted on June 4, 2025 by nicdempsey

Six hours on the plot doesn’t get a lot of work done. So what did I do? I weeded the front bed of the plot and planted the erigeron, the primrose and a sweet aztec plant in that bed. Planting … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Quick Visits

Posted on May 21, 2025 by nicdempsey

Here’s my confession, I never have it together everywhere, I can do being social, having a tidy well run home, I can have a really switched on work life, I can have a tidy well run allotment, I can ace … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Return of the Fox

Posted on July 13, 2023 by nicdempsey

I was solo this weekend and distracted (story of my life) but I got some things done. First the annoying. Let’s talk about the foxes. The allotment has a couple of foxes that live on or around the site. Urban … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Planting begins

Posted on May 24, 2023 by nicdempsey

At this time of year, it feels like a race to get everything in the ground and while I’m not immune to this urge, I’m also a bit behind due to weather and late sowing. At home the tomatoes and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Seedling Set Up

Posted on May 18, 2023 by nicdempsey

Seven years ago, I signed up for an allotment and for seven years I’ve been struggling with indoor sowing. The reasons are obvious, I live in a one bedroom flat with no garden that is quite dark and as with … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Water Every Damn Day

Posted on August 18, 2022 by nicdempsey

I feel sure that I’ve mentioned that London and the South East of England is having a drought. It’s a issue, I can’t remember the last time we had rain and for the first time since I have lived in … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Summer Exhaustion and Autumn Planning

Posted on September 2, 2020 by nicdempsey

There hasn’t been an update for two weeks and the harvests have been crazy… So much food! This weekend we said goodbye to the french beans, the wind did for the frame and so we pulled them up. Last weekend … 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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