Yep, I did it, finally going to a resident, in SW9. I spent well over an hour talking about her crops and their problems and how to overcome them…whilst also considering ways of introducing rotation, germinating seeds early, watering, weeding, nettle fertiliser, tomato fruit maturation after summer, shade causing poor broccoli development, leaving parsnips in [...]

Cowley Estate has an extraordinary Vegetable Food Farm. The event was organised as a way of celebrating the farm (which even has its own wormery) and also, to strengthen community bonds  after a local resident attempted to abduct a child from the estate. There were lots of activities for children; a bouncy castle, trampoline, African [...]

Saturday 18th September 2010. Jean Brown South London Master Gardener, meets new Mayor of Lambeth Councillor Dr. Neeraj Patil and encourages him to take the One Pot Pledge. Jean and Mayor of Lambeth.JPG (148 KB)

I love mushrooms so I thought it would be beneficial as part of my training and development as a South London Master Gardener to grow my own! I purchased a mushroom growing kit at the Lambeth Country Show (which cost £2.60 and came with a free sachet of seeds). I’ve only ever bought mushrooms like [...]

On Saturday 14th August ten adults, a number of young children (they moved about too fast to count), two teenagers, a baby and two master gardeners got together on a Kennington estate in South London. After a ceremonial tallest sunflower measuring session, we looked at crops that can be sown in August, September and beyond. [...]