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Tag Archives: no-dig
Allotment Adventures: What I’m Growing this Year
Ma and I have been hashing out plans for this season of growing and the sad truth is, I need more room but I’m not going to get more room because one allotment is enough (would love another half for … Continue reading
Allotment Adventures: Things for 2023
As the allotment is going to be sidelined over the next few weeks because of the kitchen works, here are a couple of things I want to focus this season: Infrastructure We are pretty much done with major building and … Continue reading
Allotment Adventures: Soggy and Bedraggled
Despite the rainy weather, all the packing and moving and, the excessive socialising I did at the weekend. Ma and I did get a very short trip to the plot last Saturday. It was wet and looking bedraggled. It’s in … Continue reading
Allotment Adventures: Tidying Up
We’ve hit the point of the year when our efforts are all about maintenance and readiness for next spring. Ma is on a weeding ban (I think it’s fair that the 73 year old doesn’t weed), but we started with … Continue reading
Allotment Adventures: Berries
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
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Allotment Adventures: Hot and Cold
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
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Allotment Adventures: It was my idea
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
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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
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Allotment Adventures: September
This time of year is tricky. Summer isn’t precisely over yet, if you have tomatoes unblighted, they are probably producing, the summer squash isn’t over quite yet and there is kale, chard and raspberries starting to ramp up production. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, city gardening, grow some food, grow your own, kitchen garden, no-dig, raised beds
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Allotment Adventures: Harvesting
We didn’t do much this week, I was tired and needed to shop. So we came and watered (which was a mission in and of itself) and harvested. The beans and cukes are winding down but the summer squash is … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, city gardening, grow some food, grow your own, kitchen garden, no-dig, raised beds, September
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Allotment Adventures: A tidy up
We had two days this weekend. So we started with coffee on Saturday morning and a plan of attack. Ma started at the back and I started at the front. My weeding job was easier because the soil at the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, allotment life, city gardening, grow some food, grow your own, kitchen garden, no-dig, raised beds, September, September 2021
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