Tag Archives: may

Friday Links: VE Day

Posted on May 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Today is as I’m sure everyone in the UK is aware, is the 75th anniversary of VE Day. The government and R4 seems anxious to wrap itself in a flag but I’m pretty tired of it. The only … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Weeds are everywhere

Posted on May 6, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s May, the point of my growing year where I’m not ready to start planting out and the weeds are all over the place! Without my trusty sidekick, I’m having to do a lot of the maintenance my own self … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Boris is Back and I can’t decide if that’s good news

Posted on May 1, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I’ve had a pretty strange week, yesterday, I was at the allotment and someone or something stole my sandals. I think it was foxes, with that and the mystery cat, I feel like I’m being terrorised by small … Continue reading →

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Vote

Posted on May 23, 2019 by nicdempsey

Today are the elections for the EU Parliament and so it’s time for another post on why voting matters and why you should do it and more importantly (this is my blog after all!) why I’m going to vote even … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Seedlings

Posted on May 22, 2019 by nicdempsey

We’re at the point in the allotment year, when I’m either worrying about seedlings, either they’re leggy and indoors or maybe dying and outside. Either way I always feel that I’ve got it wrong and it always works out. I’m … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Not cooking with gas

Posted on May 20, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Today I am working from home because on Friday, Cadent who are currently replacing the gas mains, cut off my gas supply and didn’t get around to replacing the main, or connecting my house to the main. They … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Pests

Posted on May 15, 2019 by nicdempsey

This week in allotment adventures the broad beans have blackfly. I can cope with having to cover all the beds because otherwise the foxes dig them up, I can more or less handle the foxes trying to treat my raised … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Three years later and it’s looking pretty good…

Posted on May 8, 2019 by nicdempsey

The joy of a bank holiday is that we got two trips to the plot this weekend. Apparently, it’s been the coldest May bank holiday on record and I can believe it, it’s hard to imagine that Easter was the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Cucumber disaster

Posted on May 30, 2018 by nicdempsey

I planted 11 cucumbers plants last week, and at this point maybe one will survive, the others are dead, look at the bed of shrivelled, dead plants. The cucamelons are looking sick too! The tomato plants are doing a little … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – May

Posted on May 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

We are almost at the end of May and it’s time to talk about it. How did May go? Quickly, it was a very busy month. I took on the allotment, went to Paris and was more active generally and … Continue reading →

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