Tag Archives: grow your own

Allotment Adventures: Back to Work

Posted on March 3, 2021 by nicdempsey

Although it’s not quite spring, it’s getting lighter and warmer and it’s time for me to resume work on the plot. So last weekend, I spent 4 hours on the plot. Trips to the plot always involve carrying something, this … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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Allotment Adventures: Slow

Posted on July 15, 2020 by nicdempsey

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2020, allotment, allotment adventures, alyssum, aramanth, autumn plans, autumn raspberries, borage, campanula, carrots, centaurea montana, courgette, crocosmia, crooknecks, cucumbers, dianthus, eryngium planum, flowers, french beans, garden areas, giant snowdrops, grow your own, July, July 2020, lavender, lemon thyme, oregano, pond, raised beds, red mountain spinach, rose garden, roses, sage, shasta daisy, sisyrinchium, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, verbena bonariesis, white borage, winter squash | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotmentadventures, backtogetheragain, beetroots, blueberries, care of gooseberry bushes, carrots, flowers, grow some food, grow your own, July, london plot, plot life, raised beds, rhubarb, summer, the weedfindergeneral, tomatoes, urban garden, weeding, weeds, winter squash | 3 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Random Potatoes

Posted on April 20, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s that point in spring where the things that I’ve planted are slowly getting going but the weeds are going hell for leather! At the back of the plot I’m pulling up weeds and volunteer potatoes out (6 on Sunday) … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Struggling a tiny bit

Posted on April 16, 2020 by nicdempsey

Despite the glorious weather, I’m still trying to summon my energy for the work, I’m feeling listless and uninspired. With the bank holiday and extra days off, in addition to being home all the time, I’ve completely lost track of … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, apple blossom, April 2020, beauty of bath apple, blossom, blueberries, flowers, fruit, grow some food, grow your own, grow your own flowers, indoor greenhouse, more compost, new plants, no dig, perennial flowers, plans for the pond, plot life, raised beds, spring | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: Structure

Posted on January 29, 2020 by nicdempsey

This week we got the plot. You can tell that people are beginning to think about Spring because there are more people on site, it’s also because the committee did unofficial site inspections before Christmas and spoke to the plot … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Winter Work

Posted on January 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

Winter on the plot is the time for working on the things you don’t get around to in the spring and summer. There isn’t a lot growing (we have kale, chard, leeks and overwintering broad beans and cauliflowers) but there … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment adventures, chard, food, Gardening, grow your own, January 2020, kale, kitchen garden, leeks, Northfields Allotments, raised beds | 3 Comments