Tag Archives: plot life

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: 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 →

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Allotment Adventures: Dry

Posted on April 28, 2021 by nicdempsey

This week, the perennials and occupied beds got a watering twice and I refilled the pond! It’s dry, we didn’t have as much rain as we usually do this winter and it’s been a while. There is light rain predicted … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: All the work

Posted on April 21, 2021 by nicdempsey

Easter weekend was not as plot heavy as I planned. Ma and I finished the row of bed building. We had to re-arrange the top of the plot a bit to make that last bed fit and that row of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Build More Beds

Posted on March 31, 2021 by nicdempsey

It was the last weekend in March and it was like a starting gun went off. We planted the potatoes out and sowed broad beans, peas, carrots and beetroots. We also planted out some white hyacinths I’d bought in Sainsburys, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: That difficult patch of weeds

Posted on March 24, 2021 by nicdempsey

I finally got to the weeds next to the squash bed. It also required dismantling the squash bed but it’s done. I took most of the sides off and used them to create, one side of the ‘new’ bed. It’ll … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: She’s back!

Posted on March 17, 2021 by nicdempsey

There she is, the lesser spotted weeder. She’s was back for a brief time on the plot. She decided it was too windy to weed so we finished woodchipping the main path and topped up two more of the beds. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: A Spring Tidy

Posted on March 10, 2021 by nicdempsey

On Saturday morning, I was facing a stack of compost to wheelbarrow to the plot, but my lovely friends Sue and Richard came and rescued me with their car and by 10:30 all of the compost was at the plot. … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Back to Work

Posted on March 3, 2021 by nicdempsey

Although it’s not quite spring, it’s getting lighter and warmer and it’s time for me to resume work on the plot. So last weekend, I spent 4 hours on the plot. Trips to the plot always involve carrying something, this … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Weedfinder General Returns

Posted on July 8, 2020 by nicdempsey

With the general relaxation of lockdown rules last Saturday, the allotment committee decided that people like my mum could come back in! Which we were both very excited about. Four and a half hours on the plot and I finally … Continue reading →

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