On a seed swap tip

Posted on February 27, 2025 by onedeckpete

Pic: You don't need a glass of wine at a seed swap but it does help.

We’ve just seen these 3 London based seed swaps on the Garden Organic website which look up our street and are all free too! If you hear of any others do get in touch with us and we’ll post them up.

GreenFriends UK Seed Swap
Amrita Hall, 211 Fairacres, Bromley BR2 9UN
(use the entrance via 40A Letchworth Drive, BR2 9BE)
Saturday 15th March 2025 11am

IEL Seed Swap
Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB
Sunday 15th March 2025 1pm
www.incredibleediblelambeth.co.uk

Islington Seed Swap
Olden Community Garden, 22 Whistler Street, London N5 1NH
Sunday 23rd March 2025

It’s cold outside

Posted on December 12, 2022 by onedeckpete

Who’d have thought we’d have snow in London yesterday. It came down in the late afternoon and it is most forgiving when it comes to a garden that needs a bit of work doing on it. Even the shortwave radio longwire antenna is feeling the cold.

It’s been a while since we’ve been out there and there are lots of jobs to do but the jobs can wait as there isn’t a fat lot of things we can do at the present moment. With the solstice around the corner it won’t be too long before it’s spring (or are we just fooling ourselves?)

Here’s to the sunshine..

(We need) more dub on the radio!

Posted on February 23, 2021 by onedeckpete

A big thanks to Jesse Yuen for letting us know about some dub happenings from 22nd – 28th February 2021 on RTM.FM Thamesmead here. It’s a week long celebration of soundsystem culture under the name of Original Selector!

Tonight at 8pm UK/UTC will be Jesse’s North of the River Swan show with a Jungle special. Tune in via the website, go to the top left hand corner and click “Live” and you’ll be treated to all sorts of subsonic bass frequencies! Looks like it’s going to be a great week!

Also we were very chuffed to be asked to select an LP (which would be played in its entirety on air) that sums up “soundsystem” for us. For us it had to be classic Dreadlocks Dread from Big Youth.

Tune in to RTM.FM this week for some serious sound system business!

Here’s some great footage of 1970’s Jamaica alongside the excellent track “Train to Rhodesia”.

Here’s some great footage of 2017’s Lewisham alongside the great Youth himself!

It’s too cold to germinate

Posted on February 10, 2021 by onedeckpete

Big shout to our gardening friend from across the pond Justin Patrick Moore for sending us a picture of his garden in Cincinnati from the other day after some snow. We’ve had snow here in London but nothing like this. If you’d like to see his garden pre snow have a look here.

Justin mentioned he was enjoying the snow but was starting now to think about what kind of tomato seeds to start sprouting for spring. Hence the tune he sent with the pic, a dub of “Don’t touch my Tomato” by the great Phillis Dillon and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics.

Have you started thinking of seed to sow yet? We have some pots on the kitchen windowsill that are still dormant as it’s still so cold and a pot of germinated leggy coriander that is looking sorry for itself. Talking about coriander our good gardening friend Gerry Hectic mentioned Mexican coriander, culantro (more info here) the other day. Ever heard of it? It may be worth looking into.

Also this week we found a nice compilation from a few years ago compiled by Laut & Luise out of Cologne called Music Lovers Club #002. It’s worth a listen during these cold times!

A potato state of mind

Posted on December 3, 2017 by onedeckpete

This is bit previous but some news has just come in of Roots and Shoots’ second Potato Day. We sadly missed last year’s one but will go to this if all goes well. Not sure if there’s a seed swap there too but they’ll be more info nearer the time at http://www.roots&shoots.org

Sunday 11th February 2018 11.00am-2.00pm
Roots & Shoots Potato Day
Walnut Tree Walk
Lambeth, London SE11 6DN
FREE ADMISSION

The potato show continues a couple of days later on the Tuesday and Wednesday 13th and 14th February 2018 at the RHS Spring Sale at RHS Lindley Hall, London but they’ll be a charge for that one. More on the national potato day network here if you don’t reside in London town and would like your seed spud fix. If you’re part of a potato day or you know about any seed swaps do let us know and we’ll get the info out there. #potatoday #seedswap

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