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Allotment Adventures: Berries

Posted on June 29, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week, I’ve been solo on the plot and we’re at the stage of the year when I’m all about watering, collecting fruit and tending to my tomatoes. At the weekends, especially when I’m on my own, I start with … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, berries, blackcurrants, blueberries, boysenberries, carrots, cityplot, eat what you grow, flowers, grow some food, grow your own, june, June 2022, kitchen garden, lavender, london plot, no-dig, Northfields Allotments, peas, plot 186, potatoes, raised beds, raspberries, slugs, strawberries, tomatoes, urban garden | 3 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Hot and Cold

Posted on June 22, 2022 by nicdempsey

It feels like in the last couple of weeks we’ve had all the weather. It’s been very hot and sunny and also (Sunday I’m looking at you!) unseasonably cold and miserable. The plot is looking ok for it though. I … Continue reading →

Allotment Adventures: It was my idea

Posted on June 15, 2022 by nicdempsey

June is one of the best months in the garden, it’s not producing loads but the berries are starting, it’s all looking green and and if you have them, the flowers are blooming. It’s also really busy. For the first … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, ants, berries, bite-y creatures, blackcurrants, blueberries, boysenberries, cityplot, eat what you grow, flowers, grow some food, grow your own, kitchen garden, last of the chard, lavender, london plot, no-dig, Northfields Allotments, plot 186, raised beds, raspberries, slugs, strawberries, tomatoes, urban garden | Leave a comment

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: Award Winner!

Posted on July 10, 2019 by nicdempsey

As I mentioned on Monday, Ma and I won an award at the Open Day for basically being nice and wanting to help our allotment neighbour as much as we can.Taking on the plot has had so many benefits, for … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment adventures, ammi visnaga, basil, beetroot, courgettes, gooseberries, grow your own, July, lavender, lettuce, london plot, look what I grew, most neighbourly, no-dig, pinks, plant rescue, plot life, potatoes, produce, raised beds, raspberries, rhubarb, salad, summer, tomatoes, weeding, winter squash | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: We did nothing

Posted on December 5, 2018 by nicdempsey

We had plans for Saturday but it was raining and I felt ill and so we did nothing. I went round with compost and coffee and to have a quick look but that was it! The borage is still in … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment, bedraggled, borage, chard, December, empty beds, kale, lavender, leeks, Northfields Allotments, rain, winter | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: It’s raining, it’s pouring

Posted on January 23, 2018 by nicdempsey

It rained for most of the weekend. So we went to the plot to check damage and re-up the bird feeders. Then we planned. We worked out want we want to grow and then went through all the seeds we … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment, Cooking, Food, Gardening, Goals | Tagged afgan poppies, allotment, allotment adventures, anemones, basil, beans, beetroot, borage, borlotti beans, californian poppies, carrots, chard, chives, coriander, cornflowers, courgettes, cucamelons, cucumbers, day lily, dill, flowers, freesias, french beans, Gardening, gooseberries, grape hyacinth, grow your own, grow your own food, gypsohylla, iris, kale, lavender, leeks, lemon verbena, marigolds, oregano, parsley, patty pans, peas, peppers, plans for 2018, plums, potatoes, radishes, raspberries, rhubarb, rosemary, sage, salad, stock, summer squash, sweet peas, sweetcorn, tarragon, thyme, tomatoes, what I want to grow, winter squash | 2 Comments

Allotment Adventures: A Tidy Up

Posted on September 20, 2017 by nicdempsey

My loss of nephew time this weekend was definitely my allotment’s gain. It’s been about a month since I’ve done any work beyond collection and watering. So it was past time for a tidy up. The first thing to do … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged allotment adventures, anemones, borage, butternut squash, california poppies, chives, cosmos, courgettes, crookneck, flowers, freesias, grape hyacinth, herbs, lavender, lemon verbena, Love Lies Bleeding, marigolds, Nasturtiums, oregano, patty pans, peas, plums, raspberries, rhubarb, rosemary, russian tarragon, sage, strawberries, summer squash, sweet peppers, thyme, tomatoes, what we've grown, winter squash | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged afgan poppies, allotment adventures, amish paste, amish paste tomatatoes, anemones, baby blue hubbard, basil, beetroot, black russian, boothbys blond cucumbers, borage, boston squash, broad beans, broccoli, butternut squash, california poppies, carrots, chard, chives, coriander, cosmos, courgettes, crookneck, cucumbers, dill, flowers, freesias, french beans, gardener's delight, garlic, grape hyacinth, herbs, jen's tangerine cherry, kale, lavender, lemon verbena, Love Lies Bleeding, marigolds, mint, moneymaker, Nasturtiums, onions, oregano, parsley, patty pans, peas, plums, potates, radishes, raspberries, red cherry, rhubarb, rosemary, russian tarragon, sage, salad leaves, spinach, spring onions, stock, strawberries, summer squash, sweet peas, sweet peppers, thyme, tomatoes, what we've grown, winter squash | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Award Winner

Posted on July 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last week was a bit of wash out on the allotment front, I was ill from Tuesday to Thursday so didn’t get to the plot, thank goodness that the weather was colder and there was rain, otherwise my poor plants … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged all the tomatoes, allotment, allotment adventures, brassicas, courgette glut so soon, courgettes, crookneck squash, day lily, english lavender, herbs, holly hocks, lavender, open day, peas, pigeons, prettiest plot, salad, spinach, strawberry bed, tarragon, tomatoes, too many tomatoes, work to do | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: lavender

Allotment Adventures: Berries

Allotment Adventures: Hot and Cold

Allotment Adventures: It was my idea

Allotment Adventures: Slow

Allotment Adventures: Award Winner!

Allotment Adventures: We did nothing

Allotment Adventures: It’s raining, it’s pouring

Allotment Adventures: A Tidy Up

Allotment Adventures: Achievement

Allotment Adventures: Award Winner

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