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Allotment Adventures: Wet

Posted on September 17, 2025 by nicdempsey

This Sunday it started raining at about 2:30pm, I decided it was time to go home, it took me another 2 hours for me to get home. There is always just one quick thing! The main thing I did this … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Three and a Half Hours

Posted on September 10, 2025 by nicdempsey

I got four hours on the plot this weekend. About half an hour of that was spent chatting. Time on the plot is going to be limited in the next while so I knew I wanted to tidy up the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Five more beds

Posted on June 18, 2025 by nicdempsey

This season of gardening is all about small gains. I work hard but I never get everything I planned to get done, done. So let’s start with what I did at the weekend. I really wanted to get the arches … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Quick Visits

Posted on May 21, 2025 by nicdempsey

Here’s my confession, I never have it together everywhere, I can do being social, having a tidy well run home, I can have a really switched on work life, I can have a tidy well run allotment, I can ace … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Rhubarb Season

Posted on April 30, 2025 by nicdempsey

I’m a bit further along with the allotment tidy thanks to some time off this month. First, the compost arrived. So far so I’ve used it to plant potatoes and fruit trees. Two cherries and an apricot that are new … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Planted something and more weeding

Posted on April 17, 2024 by nicdempsey

The great reset continues. The plot is looking ok but things are happening, I need to weed more before they all start growing again. However the rhubarb is back and I’ve already been told that the rhubarb and ginger jam … 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: 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: Spring

Posted on March 23, 2022 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve not been talking about the plot, we have been doing things on it. We swapped the position of some of the compost bins and storage, because something was digging up the middle compost bin and depositing it all … Continue reading →

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