Tag Archives: work

Monday Miscellany: Strong Start

Posted on March 10, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s been the most glorious couple of days of weather, we’re still only in March so it’s not going to last and according to the Met Office, today is the last day. Those first lovely weather days every … Continue reading →

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Miscellany: Busy, so busy

Posted on September 18, 2023 by nicdempsey

Happy Tuesday! Well I completely dropped the ball for the blog over the weekend. Last week was busy and I was a bit ill. I think it’s probably a combination of antibiotics and something I ate but out of nowhere … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Getting there

Posted on June 15, 2023 by nicdempsey

Summer seems to have arrived and last week was hot. So the first thing we did on Saturday was water everything. We’d bought saucers for the blueberries (some of them, I ordered six but I have eight large blueberry bushes). … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: A Bit Windy

Posted on February 18, 2022 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s going to be a bit windy around these parts today, overnight London and the South East got a red warning, I don’t remember a time when London had a red warning, predictably, the news is going a … Continue reading →

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Spitalfields City Farm

Posted on November 26, 2019 by nicdempsey

I’m a Londoner, it’s something I’m extremely proud about (even though I had nothing to do with it!) but it huge part of who I am. But in common with most cities, being from here can mean lots of things, … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Work Area

Posted on November 20, 2019 by nicdempsey

The work at the back of the plot continues. We sorted the wood we wanted to keep from the wood to be bonfire which is currently piled up in the middle of the new half, a lot of the shed … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Compost Area

Posted on November 13, 2019 by nicdempsey

After a week off, we finally started to think about our plot extension, Joe has taken what he wanted and it’s now all ours, this is the view from the back of the plot. There is lots of work to … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: When the guy that smoked opium is a better bet than anyone else

Posted on May 31, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a good week. I’m fresh from being on the the work quiz’s winning team and Chelsea beat Arsenal in the Europa. So it’s been a good week for petty victories… Here are this week’s … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: You never finish…

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last weekend we had a long list of things to do  on the plot and had assigned Sunday as the day to do it. We had popped round to deliver some compost, water and eat some strawberries on Friday afternoon … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Morning Visits

Posted on June 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’ve had the plot for over a year and I have a shed but I still don’t know what I’m doing really. What I do know, is that during the growing season, you have to be present. Which means that … Continue reading →

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