Tag Archives: london plot

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2022, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, April, april 2022, blackcurrants, blueberries, chard, chives, city plot, dry spring, Ealing Dean Allotment Society, eat what you grow, gooseberries, grow some food, grow your own, herbs, kitchen garden, lemon thyme, london plot, mint, no dig, northfields allotment, oregano, parsnips, plot 186, raised beds, rhubarb, rosemary, urban garden, watering, weeding | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2022, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, April, april 2022, beetroot, blueberries, chard, city plot, gooseberries, grow some food, grow your own, grow your own food, kitchen garden, london plot, mint, nodig, Northfields Allotments, plot 186, raised beds, raspberries, rhubarb, urban garden | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2022, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, city gardener, flowers, fruit, growing plans, January, January 2022, kitchen garden, london plot, no dig, planning, plot 186, polytunnel, raised beds, urban plot, vegetables | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2022, allotment, allotment adventures, crocuses, January, January 2022, kitchen garden, london plot, raised beds, urban plot, weeding | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: Stolen

Posted on January 5, 2022 by nicdempsey

We’ve not done masses of work on the plot over Christmas, but we have finally got all the raised beds assembled and in place. The last ones to go in were in the polytunnel. As usual, there is less actual … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2022, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, blueberries, city plot, eat what you grow, grow some food, grow your own, January, January 2022, kitchen garden, london plot, no dig, northfields allotment, parsnips, plot 186, polytunnel, raised beds, urban gardening, urban plot, winter work | 1 Comment

Allotment Adventures: Back on the Plot

Posted on December 22, 2021 by nicdempsey

After a couple of weeks off, we were back to the plot. We were there for five hours and although we didn’t get everything we I wanted to get done, we did get a fair amount done. Firstly, emptying the … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, carrots, chard, city plot, December, December 2021, eat what you grow, grow some food, grow your own, kitchen garden, london plot, no dig, northfields allotment, parsnips, plot 186, raised beds, turnips, urban gardening, urban plot | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Infrastructure

Posted on November 17, 2021 by nicdempsey

It’s November and our time on the plot is limited, partly by the light, we can go during the day which means the weekend and partly because its winter and nearly Christmas and we have other things to do! In … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, cabbages, chard, ealing dean allotments, jasmine, kale, kitchen garden, leeks, london plot, no dig, Northfields Allotments, November, November 2021, parnips, plot 186, plot life, produce, raised beds, roses, turnips, urban plot, woodchip | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Under-cultivated

Posted on July 7, 2021 by nicdempsey

It was an interesting Saturday at the allotment. We got told that this area by the rose garden and the pond, means our plot is viewed as under cultivated. The current rules are that 70% of the plot should be … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, alpine strawberries, beetroot, blueberries, carrots, chard, city plot, EDAS, english lavender, grow some food, grow your own, harvest, herbs, june, June 2021, kitchen garden, london plot, mint, new plants, new potatoes, no dig, onions, peas, plot 186, raised beds, turnips, urban plot | 4 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Onions

Posted on June 30, 2021 by nicdempsey

It’s my fifth year of having an allotment and for the first time, I have successfully grown onions! I’m not going to dry them for storage, we eat a lot of onions and if they last the month, I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, city plot, EDAS, english lavender, grow some food, grow your own, june, June 2021, kitchen garden, london plot, no dig, plot 186, raised beds, urban plot, verbena bonariesis | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Control of magpies

Posted on June 23, 2021 by nicdempsey

Yes, we’re still working on how best to stop the magpies from destroying plants. This week we’re using the potato pots! Let’s see if we can just give the plants enough time that the birds stop seeing them as a … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, city gardening, EDAS, flowers, grow some food, grow your own, june, June 2021, late, london plot, Northfields Allotments, plot 186, pond | Leave a comment