Veg growing week-by-week

Visit here for up-to-the-minute news posts about what’s growing and being harvested – RIGHT NOW –  in veg beds locally and around the UK. As a grower it’s important to get in tune with the seasons and to sow, plant and harvest at the right time, so here you’ll find the latest news from several of the UK’s best.

1) Frith Farm in Beverley, 2) Garden Organic in Coventry and 3) The Real Seed Company in Pembrokeshire. Click on the photos for more information, you do not need Facebook.

If you have a bumper harvest, maybe you’ll be able to pledge some of your harvest to to Freedom Feastival in September?

6 years ago

Phil jumping into a rhythm with the Broadfork!
Preparing a new bed for strawberries transplanting last year's runners.
So exited about these stawberries -
Its a crop that just keeps on giving!

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6 years ago
Frith Farm

26 week locally produced chemical free veg box
Medium box £10 p/w = £260 full payment
First box ready on the 26th June
Sign up on our website
Www.frithfarming.com
*workshare available* ... See more

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6 years ago
Timeline Photos

Few more box sign ups will help us invest in one more tool -
The power harrow allows us to prepare beds and improve soil structure
*Workshare for Monday/Tuesday available*
#bcs #powerharrow ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Our first direct sowing of the season with the jang seeder & first transplant with the paperpot transplanter
*Sign up for your box only few places left*
*Workshare available*
#organic ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Ostara - Spring equinox is here 🌱🌾🌷 First transplants & first new potatoes
Expect these beauties, plus much much more local goodness in our weekly boxes. Sign up now to secure your weekly ... See more

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6 years ago
WILD THING

AND THE WINNER IS.... Milly Rose👏! Please get in touch lovely yogi!
Everyone else deepest gratitude for spreading the word about our lovely retreat, we hope to see you there💕🧘‍♀️ ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Huge thanks to our workshare members who make our farm unique 🙏
We prepared our polytunnel & our N/S salad terrace beds
Only few places left if you want to be a part of our workshare opportunity - ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Thanks to Conscious Creations for those magnificent oak handles!
Pure joy testing the wheel hoe, one of the most ergonomic tools I've ever used!
This investment will definitely cut the hours spent ... See more

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6 years ago
WILD THING

Pay as you like to CSA veg box members

Yoga retreat, 18th of May (full moon)

Like & share & tag 3 friends for a chance to win a free place on our Spring Yoga Day Retreat🌸🌱winner revealed on the 20th!!

Join Wild Thing ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

• Like & share & tag 3 friends chance to win a free place on our Spring Yoga Day Retreat

Join Wild Thing Yoga and Frith Farm on the 18th of May for our Spring Yoga Day Retreat. Through energising ... See more

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8 years ago
Garden Organic

For this week’s #fridaytip we're sharing our know how on green manures! Now is the perfect time to sow green manures, especially if you have bare soil after harvesting.

These are plants which will ... See more

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

Our volunteers have #harvested a bumper collection of colourful #vegetables today, all from our very own Allotment Garden.

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8 years ago
BBC Countryfile Live

A little tip for the weekend ahead, however the weather is set to brighten up! 😀

Due to the rainfall yesterday there is some soft ground underfoot today; please do wear appropriate footwear. The weather is looking nice going into the weekend!

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8 years ago
BBC Countryfile Live

BBC Countryfile Live opens tomorrow! Come along and find out more about who we are and what we can offer, as well as trying your hand at our seed sowing activity.

You'll find us located within the ... See more

BBC Countryfile Live opens tomorrow, see you there! #countryfilelive

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8 years ago
Weedy Wednesday - Fat Hen | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

This week's #weedywednesday comes courtesy of the Fat Hen!

Originally grown as a #vegetable, and now considered a #weed, the Fat Hen offers many benefits.

Fat Hen was eaten as a vegetable from ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Fat Hen This week's plant in our Wednesday Weed series has the endearing name of Fat Hen. Originally grown as a vegetable, now considered a weed. In this weekly series, we take a ... See more

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

This week's #mondaymotivation comes from our Allotment Garden.

Our volunteers have been busy today picking a vast amount of
French Climbing Beans 'Pea Bean'.

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8 years ago

We hope you've been enjoying the fabulous weather throughout #July. Here are some of our favourite #flowers from this month.

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8 years ago

This weekend we've seen a real mix in the weather - a few showers 🌧 and a bit of sunshine 🌤

Have you still managed to get all of your gardening jobs done?

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

Our members experiments plants have been thriving following all of the recent hot weather ☀

We've taken a look at the comparisons of our Blooms for Bees #Dahlias, our #Tomatillos & #Flax from when ... See more

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8 years ago

Our Head Gardener Emma took her group of Gardening Volunteers on a day trip yesterday to Barnsdale Gardens as a thank you for their continued hard work. A fantastic day was had by all!

If you're ... See more

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8 years ago
It's not too late to plant Swiss chard

It's the perfect time to sow chard and leaf beet for harvesting from autumn through into winter & next spring. You can find Fordhook Giant, Pink Passion and Golden Chard - all recommended by Alys ... See more

Wilt it in butter, put it in a flan, turn it into a gratin… Sow now, and you could be reaping the benefits all winter

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8 years ago
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Halfway there! Not a bad days work. Our new water tower will help next spring if there's a dry spell just as we put out all the baby plants...

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8 years ago
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Here's Ian checking the first piece of our new water tower, which we're hoping to put together today. Made from local wood cut by Adrian Krakiewicz on his mobile sawmill, it will be 4m high, with a ... See more

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8 years ago
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Very unusual pods developing on our edible chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus). It makes small lentil-like seeds that are eaten in many countries around the Mediterranean. We always have a few ... See more

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8 years ago
Photos from The Real Seed Collection's post

It's finally time to sow Oriental Greens! (If you sow them before midsummers day they just go to flower straight away) But now we can sow all these amazing greens that have been bred for growing ... See more

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8 years ago
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"Czech Early" aubergine living up to its name! Just about ready by the end of June - not at all bad for an unheated polytunnel in Wales.

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8 years ago
Timeline Photos

Here's experimental tomato 'Blue Fire' under trial in one of the polytunnels. It is very pretty - but not yet ripe enough to taste-test.

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8 years ago
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Beautiful summer salad - from our seeds: spinach, golden chard, pink passion chard, magentaspreen, fennel leaves, orach, 'green days' oriental green, mange-tout peas, marigold petals, violets, ... See more

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8 years ago
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Thought people might like to see the nodules on the roots of a broad bean plant. In all 'leguminous' plants - peas, beans etc - this is where the beneficial bacteria live that fix nitrogen from the ... See more

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8 years ago
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A fine crop of Early Prolific Straightneck is growing in the tunnel. It's been many years since we were able to offer seed of them, so this is quite exciting. Fingers crossed for a good seed harvest ... See more

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