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Allotment Adventures: Needs Work

Posted on September 23, 2026 by nicdempsey

I’ve been neglecting the plot. I’ve been busy and tired and I’m ready for winter and a less needy plot. But this weekend, I did at least turn up. First off was picking tomatoes. And doing a bit of weeding … Continue reading →

Allotment Adventures: It’s slow

Posted on September 2, 2026 by nicdempsey

Anyone else ready for autumn on the plot, I’m just very tired of watering and I have things I want to get on with but the ground is rock hard. London has had some rain but not nearly enough! So … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Fairy Godmothers and watering

Posted on August 12, 2026 by nicdempsey

It’s been a while. The first Saturday of every month is volunteer day, I’ve not been able to make it because Saturday is a Surbiton day but our lovely committee chair, Christina, had some volunteers and set them to getting … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Power weeding and serving drinks

Posted on July 8, 2026 by nicdempsey

On Sunday we had the open day and I hadn’t been to the plot much the previous weekend and it’s looking magnificently over grown. Jude and Tana are saving me right now with watering so planted things are still alive … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: First heatwave of 2026

Posted on May 27, 2026 by nicdempsey

Last Friday, London had its first heatwave of the year. I’ve said it before and it’s time to say it again, there are hotter places, 25c plus is not really hot anywhere but London over 25c with humidity over 50%, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Best Laid Plans

Posted on November 27, 2025 by nicdempsey

I had last Friday earmarked for allotment and it didn’t go well. The trains were balked, so it took me ages to get home, then I had a ton of stuff to sort, then I had to go to the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Little Bit More Work

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nicdempsey

After an unintentional week off, I was back for some gentle allotmenting. My back is still not fabulous and it’s really hard to work out what to do to help it (I can’t stop carrying wheelchairs downstairs or sleeping on … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Slowly, slowly…

Posted on October 29, 2025 by nicdempsey

So last week I bought another cherry tree. For those of you keeping count, that’s five but I only actually have four on the plot. I’m still waiting on three more that I’ve ordered (cherry, apricot, peach). It arrived on … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Plants in the Ground or Why I Still Haven’t Finished the Paths

Posted on October 22, 2025 by nicdempsey

I thought that this week was the week I was doing to finish the paths. Reader, I did not finish the paths! I got side tracked by the state of the front bed and the amount of plants that needed … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Woodchip for days

Posted on October 15, 2025 by nicdempsey

I said that this week I would work on the paths. I did work on the paths. I started with cutting back the lavender and then cleared the bed by the gooseberries and as I was there, weeded the path … Continue reading →

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