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Stolen Time

March 27, 2008
Stolen Time

The weekend forecast is pretty dismal again so when I woke this morning to glorious sunshine I thought it was too good to waste and quickly swapped my annual leave arrangements. By 9am I was out on the riverbank, squeezing in another neglected pastime by running to the plot. Typically, when I arrived the sunshine [...]

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Solar Treat

February 11, 2008
Solar Treat

Another glorious weekend and I managed to sneak two full days on the plot. I was supposed to be out on my long run on Sunday afternoon but I’m finding it increasingly hard to drag myself away from the shed. With weather like this I can stretch out on my bench with my feet on [...]

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Paths and Peaches

February 3, 2008
Paths and Peaches

Great weekend, the sort that requires another weekend to recover from though. The widely forecast snow didn’t rear its head in London, in fact Saturday was a gloriously sunny day. I was free in the afternoon so headed off to the plot with my newly delivered peach tree. I bought this from Blackmoor Nurseries and [...]

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Early Sowing

January 27, 2008
Early Sowing

I didn’t think I’d get to the allotment this weekend but while I was in the park, trying to squeeze in a long run for my half marathon training, it struck me what a great gardening day it was. Didn’t take much for me to cut the run short and head off to the plot. [...]

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Cuppa Char Anyone?

January 6, 2008
Cuppa Char Anyone?

I woke this morning with plans of allotment pottering on a slightly more sophisticated level than I managed yesterday. I still wasn’t feeling on top form so my plans centred mostly around my new chair and dreams of a hot steaming mug of tea. My mug of choice was A Room of One’s Own – [...]

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New Year, New Structure

January 1, 2008
New Year, New Structure

There’s been stacks of progress over the New Year break and I’m sitting here at the end of the day with a labor intensive back ache. Good job I’m going back to work tomorrow, I need a rest! I popped into a garden centre on my way back to London yesterday and I was tempted [...]

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Bleak Mid-Winter

December 23, 2007
Bleak Mid-Winter

We may have just hit the point of mid winter but it wasn’t all that bleak down the allotment today, jolly misty, a bit chilly, but not bleak at all. In fact it was quite a joy to be down on the site, the old apple trees are looking particularly sculptural and most plot holders [...]

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All Quiet on the Allotment Front

December 2, 2007
All Quiet on the Allotment Front

Well it hasn’t been all that quiet it’s just been so stressful recently that I’ve kind of gone into blogging hibernation. I mentioned in my last post that I had been offered a super shed for use on the plot and I’d roped in the help of my mum, dad and brother to help erect [...]

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