Tag Archives: seeds

Monday Miscellany: Just the worst news

Posted on September 15, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! 1. Last week we finally got Ma an NHS appointment for her brain issues. The dr was lovely and confirmed a progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) diagnosis. The doctor didn’t sugar coat it for us, movement, balance, vision, speech, … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live | Tagged 2025, allotment, cat, home, miscellany, Monday Miscellany, Mum, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, PSP, seeds, September, September 2025 | 5 Comments

Home Cooking: Bread

Posted on May 9, 2024 by nicdempsey

Last year, I got into a ruinously expensive Gail’s bread habit, their seeded sourdough is lovely. I decided that I had to get back into the bread baking habit, I started with this recipe from BBC Good Food. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food | Tagged 2024, bread, bread flour, cooking, food, homemade, may, may 2024, salt, seeded loaf, seeds, whey, yeast | Leave a comment

Friday Links:

Posted on April 5, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It has been a very long time, the news is terrible, work is busy and I’ve been distracted but here are some links. It’s not that cheerful… The Shoah after Gaza. This is from the London Review of … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: What I’m Sowing in February

Posted on February 7, 2024 by nicdempsey

I’ve been trying to assemble a list of what we plan to grow this year and it’s just too much. So I’m going to break it down for each month so that I can hold myself accountable to get things … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2024, alpine strawberries, aubergine, chillis, february, February 2024, peppers, perennial leeks, ranuculus, seeds, sweet peas, sweet potatoes, walking onions | 1 Comment

Friday Links: Yes, we have no tomatoes

Posted on February 24, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! ‘We have to pay more for food’: Britain’s biggest tomato farmer on the runaway costs of growing. It’s really hard to hear in the midst of a cost of living crisis but it’s true. We pay too little … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | Tagged 15 minute city, 2023, childcare, energy market, farmers, farming, february, February 2023, food shortages, four day week, Friday Links, housing, Irish names, middle age, milk, Northern Ireland, radio, romans, seeds, tomatoes, Ukraine, WWII | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Planning for next season

Posted on January 13, 2021 by nicdempsey

We are now in our third lockdown in the UK, with the way the infection rates are climbing Mum and I have decided that it was better that she didn’t come over on the bus to see me or work … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment | Tagged 2021, allotment, allotment adventures, January, January 2021, planning for spring, seeds | 5 Comments

Allotment Adventures: Busy doing nothing

Posted on January 30, 2019 by nicdempsey

Honestly the week has passed and we’ve done nothing except re-up the birdfeeders. This week we harvested leeks, kale and chard and bought seed potatoes. We have settled on five bags of nicola, one of pink fir apple and two … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment, Gardening | Tagged allotment adventures, grow some food, grow your own, January 2109, kitchen garden, planning for the year, seed potatoes, seeds | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Autumn Raspberries and buying seeds

Posted on January 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

The weather last weekend was grey and miserable, it wasn’t properly cold but felt cold because it was so grey. The herb patch is looking green but straggly (you can see how warm it’s been because the lemon verbena is … Continue reading →

Posted in allotment, Gardening | Tagged allotment adventures, autumn raspberries, grow some of your own food, grow your own, January 2019, planning, plot life, raspberries, seeds | 3 Comments

Friday Links

Posted on January 26, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! The last full week of January! Five more days and we are done and move on to February and the delights of Valentines Day and Ash Wednesday (which are the same day this year!). Today is a marvellous … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | Tagged allotments and the new season, clean sleeping, Feminism, germaine Greer, gin, poverty, rape, SAD, seeds, thanks, The Guardian | Leave a comment

Allotment Adventures: Sowing begins

Posted on February 8, 2017 by nicdempsey

I (like every gardener/allotmenteer I’ve spoken to in the last month) am itching to start working and growing. I’ve made a plan, bought seeds and now I want to sow everything and get going. However, it’s February, which is still … Continue reading →

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