Tag Archives: garlic

Allotment Adventures: Fairweather Gardener

Posted on September 11, 2024 by nicdempsey

I didn’t do much on the plot this week. I did collect produce and get the green bit emptied. so I’m ready for the weekend. I also got news that the garlic is arriving this week. Which I’d forgotten about … Continue reading →

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Preserving the Plot: Garlic

Posted on September 14, 2023 by nicdempsey

We grow a lot of garlic, my aim is that we should be self sufficient in garlic. This year we grew an extra bed but lots of our garlic while great wasn’t in great shape for storage for the year. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Open Day Prep

Posted on July 5, 2023 by nicdempsey

The allotment has been neglected for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been to water but haven’t done much else and this weekend was the Open Day, so I was slightly regretting that. But the flowers decided to flower and … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2023, allotment, allotment adventures, blackcurrant, blueberries, city plot, flowers, garlic, grow some food, grow your own, July, July 2023, kitchen garden, london plot, more productive than you think, peas, potatoes, summer, urban garden | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2020, allotment adventures, broad beans, city gardening, closing up for winter, garlic, grow your own, grow your own food, kitchen garden, last of the tomatoes, onions, raised beds, raspberries, Season Change, September, September 2020, shallots, urban plot, winter squash | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Three years later and it’s looking pretty good…

Posted on May 8, 2019 by nicdempsey

The joy of a bank holiday is that we got two trips to the plot this weekend. Apparently, it’s been the coldest May bank holiday on record and I can believe it, it’s hard to imagine that Easter was the … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment adventures, autumn raspberries, beetroot, blueberries, broad beans, burgess buttercup, butternut squash, carrots, compost, courgettes, crookneck squash, flowers, garlic, georgia candy roaster, gooseberries, grow some food, grow your own, grow your own food, herbs, kale, kitchen garden, leeks, lemon verbena, may, May 2019, Northfields Allotments, oregano, plums, rhubarb, rosemary, sage, salad leaves, sowing, spring, spring onions, summer raspberries, sweetpeas, thyme, tomatoes, uchiki kuri, weeding, winter squash | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: Achievement

Posted on September 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

We didn’t spend much time at the plot this weekend, I collected tomatoes on Wednesday and we had leeks, kale, tomatoes, summer squash and some spring onions and carrots at the at the weekend but we were only on the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Morning Visits

Posted on June 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’ve had the plot for over a year and I have a shed but I still don’t know what I’m doing really. What I do know, is that during the growing season, you have to be present. Which means that … Continue reading →

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Stuffed Peppers

Posted on April 23, 2015 by nicdempsey

Ma and I seem to have settled into a Saturday ritual. It’s not every Saturday, but she comes for dinner, bringing a bottle of wine and I cook. It’s easy when you live alone to get stuck into a rut, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food | Tagged bacon, cooking, food, garlic, mushrooms, onions, passata, pearl barley, stuffed peppers, using what's in the fridge | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: garlic

Allotment Adventures: Fairweather Gardener

Preserving the Plot: Garlic

Allotment Adventures: Open Day Prep

Allotment Adventures: Ready for the change of season

Allotment Adventures: Three years later and it’s looking pretty good…

Allotment Adventures: Achievement

Allotment Adventures: Morning Visits

Stuffed Peppers

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