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Allotment Adventures: You never finish…

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last weekend we had a long list of things to do  on the plot and had assigned Sunday as the day to do it. We had popped round to deliver some compost, water and eat some strawberries on Friday afternoon … 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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Allotment Adventures: Not much to report.

Posted on May 31, 2017 by nicdempsey

If traditionally a Bank Holiday weekend means lots of time on the plot, then I broke with tradition this weekend. I’m blaming the hives… We got to the plot on Saturday and watered and weeded and planted out some squash … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Plant all the things

Posted on May 17, 2017 by nicdempsey

Work on the plot this week was all about planting because I’m ready to do that. While Ma weeded, I planted out the crookneck, patty pan squash and courgettes, some of the tomatoes (Jen’s Tangerine Cherry and Orange Banana) and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: One Year Later

Posted on May 10, 2017 by nicdempsey

How do you celebrate having managed to cultivate an allotment for an entire year. Like this…. I can’t quite believe that I stuck at it for 12 months. In that time I’ve found a community, in real life and on … 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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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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Pizza Sauce

Posted on February 18, 2014 by nicdempsey

Last week Angie asked me what sauce I used for my pizza and if I had a recipe. I don’t, I’m more a pizza bianca person than a pizza with sauce person so if I want to put ‘sauce’ on, … Continue reading →

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