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Allotment Adventures: Soft Fruit Empire

Posted on June 8, 2022 by nicdempsey

Great Britain doesn’t have a lot of fruit options grown in the country, apples and pears are our mainstay, we do get other fruit in season, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, plums, rhubarb to name a few, there are others. When you … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: First Garlic Harvest

Posted on June 1, 2022 by nicdempsey

The plot is really beginning to look like its summer. Flowers are flowering and we are getting properly close to planting the summer garden. Usually, I feel perpetually behind but this year I’m a bit more relaxed. I am behind … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tomatoes are in the ground

Posted on May 25, 2022 by nicdempsey

Actually it’s more like some of the tomatoes are in the ground. Last week, London got up to 27C and while some of the tomatoes did well, some didn’t. It could be that they didn’t have enough water or that … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Swarms and a full polytunnel

Posted on May 18, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week, I was on a mission. There were a couple of things I felt had to be done; get all the plants in the living room into the polytunnel and work out how many I have and where they … Continue reading →

Allotment Adventures: Spring Flowers

Posted on May 11, 2022 by nicdempsey

We’re coming up to halfway through the month and I haven’t planted anything outside. I’ve got most of the tomatoes into the polytunnel and we’ve sown celeriac, peas, carrots and beetroot outside but aside from tomatoes, I’ve only sown a … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Anniversary

Posted on May 10, 2022 by nicdempsey

Saturday marked six years of having the plot. It’s been a ride. Six years ago, it was a half plot. It had a plum tree, two rhubarb crowns, some raspberries, lots of metal pipes and weeds, lots and lots of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Surfeit of Tomato Plants

Posted on April 27, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week, I started to pot on the tomatoes. I thought I was being restrained. Reader, I was not. Eight small pots turned into 71 seedlings and I have one more pot to go but I’ve run out of compost. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Watering

Posted on April 20, 2022 by nicdempsey

We hit the allotment on Monday. We had a small list and as is the way with the plot, we did loads but not all of the things we planned on. Firstly, the water has been switched on which is … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: 2022

Posted on February 2, 2022 by nicdempsey

There was no allotmenting last weekend so instead of writing about what I did, I thought it might be useful to talk about the coming season, what we want to grow etc. We are going into this season with more … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: On Track and a Bit Tidier

Posted on January 26, 2022 by nicdempsey

This week we went to the allotment and did something that wasn’t just collection or construction (although there was some of both!) It’s tough on the allotment right now, everything is brown and damp and we do have things growing … Continue reading →

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