The Hut is just off Knights Hill Road SE27, opposite Tivoli Park; at the end of Cedar Tree Grove, off Lakeview Road SE27 0QE – click here for a map. There is parking onsite. Number 196 and 468 buses stop two minutes’ walk away (Furneaux Avenue stop going south, Lakeview Road going north). Why shop…Continue Reading “Where’s the Hut? and other questions”
Lawn turf dressing? Check! Composted fine bark? Check! Whatever you’re looking for, start at the Hut. Currently (early July), we have sacks of top soil, John Innes 1, 2 & 3, multi purpose and ericaceous composts, various mulches including Strulch, horticultural grit and pink grit, pea and black basalt gravels, chicken and farmyard manures, Scottish…Continue Reading “Sacks of soils at the Hut”
Councillor John-Paul Ennis, the Mayor of Lambeth, presented the trophies at the 2024 Lambeth Flower Show, organised by LHS. He congratulated all the entrants. He especially thanked Lambeth Horticultural Society for all the work that goes into putting on such a large and successful show. And he urged people to show their support by joining…Continue Reading “Mayor salutes work of LHS”
The Asian Hornet (Vespa vetulina nigrithorax) arrived in Europe, from China, about twenty years ago, writes Bob Jackman, vice chair, Bromley Beekeepers and LHS member. A single queen is thought to have been shipped into Bordeaux. She established a nest unnoticed. Insects in the right conditions spread fast. Now this hornet is spreading outwards at…Continue Reading “ASIAN HORNETS – the three pronged threat on our doorstep”
In the past I have sown crops too late to get the benefit of the longer August and September daylight hours. Then I read Charles Dowding’s “How to grow winter vegetables”. Modules It dawned on me that the key to succession is to sow winter crops in modules (seed trays divided into rows of individual…Continue Reading “Crop Succession: planning now for autumn & winter veg”