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Prof. Natalie Fey @nataliefeynls.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Allotment slowly moving into autumn

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was given this pond liner for Xmas nearly 5 yrs ago- at last I’ve got it in on the allotment! Slugs and snails beware!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I didn’t grow the olive oil or the bread!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m inordinately proud of my first homegrown cantaloupe melon - the aroma coming off it is dizzying!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’ve forgotten what I’m supposed to do on wet days!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

First day since May that there has been sufficient rain here in Exeter to make any appreciable impact on the allotment!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Oh yes I did, before the milk snatcher had her wicked way.

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I love homegrown, homemade food. I love cooking with lovely ingredients and finding new recipes. I also love butterscotch angel delight. Don’t judge me, I’m a child of the ‘70s.

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It’s taken a while, but I have at last finished the 31m pallet fence that’s stops the weeds from the unoccupied plot next to mine spilling over constantly

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I do thing one of the nicest things about my allotment is the 180 view of the horizon above Exeter

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Pallets and some pointed cabbage seedlings: happy times ahead on the allotment!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yup, that looks like our garden. We has some mist with aspirations towards drizzle for about 4 minutes today

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Can everyone please stop posting their rain pics - mrs B is about to kick off! 😂

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Red sky in the morn, shepherd warn ‘sun god will be angry at tea time’

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

…which is why my wife always proofread everything before I sent it!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

And the satisfaction of then putting the 8 (if I rember correctly) copies if the application into a big envelope, and then into the post. Now that was a proper grant submission! (And I bet everyone had there own little ritual to mark the moment)

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I think we should, on principle, all give it a go!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks, how to really bring mood up 😂

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bring back paper copies submitted by actual mail, in envelopes, that’s what I say!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I remember at the beginning of my career enjoying submitting a paper. Now the process is yet another ballache that sucks any joy out of being an academic

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Something with veg for tea I reckon!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

3. Would like to head towards 4, but brain too small 😂

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The view from my bench on the allotment!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Bastards! rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

San marzano toms ripening up very quickly now

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Has the sportsball started yet?

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Not sure beyond it being a traditional, tidy way of curing them for a few weeks before storing

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Greek stylee salad using all allotment veg for tea!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Rocking the ‘dozy old sod on the allotment’ look!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Some this, plus some aubergines from the greenhouse, turned into the base of a pretty decent ratatouille for tea!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Most of the early summer fruit is over, but can’t complain that I’m not getting colour of the allotment still!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

May not seem a lot, but I’m dead chuffed with this. Have had terrible results from sets over the last few years so switched to seeds and am delighted with the results: my first proper onions!

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Robin Bedford @bedcatalysis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Allotment veg ‘messy’ briam for tea

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