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!

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*
(Volunteer Mon/wed 10am-2pm
3.5 hr p/w exchange for M veg box) ... See more

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 #marketgarden #bedprep #workshare #volunteer #seasonalveg #csa #vegbox #localfarm #localfood ... See more

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 #workshare
#outdoors #volunteer #noncertifiedorganic #chard #jang #jangseeder #paperpottransplanter #paperpot #marketgarden #spring #csa #vegbox #beverley #hull #absolutelycultured #soil #notill #nodig #localfarm ... See more

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 veggies, places filling up fast! 🥦🥗🥒🥕
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#paperpot #planting #spring #ostara springequanox #workshare #localvegbox #localproduce #beverley #smallscalefarming .
#csa #localproduce #comunityfarm #foodie #hull #beverley #finedinfinebingg ... See more

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💕🧘‍♀️
Please do keep sharing with those you think might enjoy!
Love and light from Wild Thing & Frith 🙏 ... See more

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 - so contact us if you 're interested 🌱 ... See more

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 weeding on our hands and knees.
The oscillating hoe is in contact with the soil and slices the weeds just below the surface-causing minimal soil disturbance and eradication of weeds. Conscious Creations
#marketgarden #permaculture
#localfarm #smallscalefarming #csa #vegbox #growing #notill #nodig #bev #hull #health ... See more

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 Yoga🧘‍♀️ and Frith Farm 🥗on the 18th of May for our Spring Yoga Day Retreat. Through energising yoga, meditation and mindfulness we plant seeds of growth with strong use of Sankalpa (this setting of intention).🤸‍♂️

Through our practice we will connect to the season of spring, the land and ourselves. Please see the proposed schedule bellow all themed around the fertility of the land, re-growth, reawakening, blossoming into our potential, Mother Nature, physical vitality and the Goddess Maia.

Goddess Maia symbolises growth, fertility and wishes and is associated with knots, twists and braids, so expect an offering of lovingly made plaited bread and deep purifying twists and binds in yoga!

18 th may
10 am Welcome, herbal tea from Frith around the fire🍵
10 30 am Energising spring time yoga flow🤸‍♀️
11 30 am Guided meditation🙏
12 00pm Tour of farm & pick ingredients
12 30 pm Bring and share vegetarian lunch including an offering from Frith and plaited bread 🍆🥦🥒🥬🍓
1 30 pm Mindfulness nature walk 🌳
2 30 pm Tea🍵
3 00 pm Yin Yoga🧘‍♂️
4 00 pm Yoga nidra💤
4 30 pm Fire & cacao & full moon☕🌕🔥

Financial exchange of £40
Limited Places.
All bodies, genders, experience levels & preconceptions welcome here. Everybody is a yoga body 🙌
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• 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 yoga, meditation and mindfulness we plant seeds of growth with strong use of Sankalpa (this setting of intention).

Through our practice we will connect to the season of spring, the land and ourselves. Please see the proposed schedule bellow all themed around the fertility of the land, re-growth, reawakening, blossoming into our potential, Mother Nature, physical vitality and the Goddess Maia.

Goddess Maia symbolises growth, fertility and wishes and is associated with knots, twists and braids, so expect an offering of lovingly made plaited bread and deep purifying twists and binds in yoga!

18 th may
10 am Welcome, herbal tea from Frith around the fire
10 30 am Energising spring time yoga flow
11 30 am Guided meditation
12 00pm Tour of farm & pick ingredients
12 30 pm Bring and share vegetarian lunch including an offering from Frith and plaited bread
1 30 pm Mindfulness nature walk
2 30 pm Tea
3 00 pm Yin Yoga
4 00 pm Yoga nidra
4 30 pm Fire & cacao & full moon

Financial exchange of £40
Limited Places, all abilities welcome
Contact 07903608466

#retreat #yoga #beverley #hull #seasons #fire #local #food #smallfarm #mindfulness #event #fullmoon #spring @ Frith Farm ... See more

Just one week to go! Don't forget to come and see us in the BBOWT Wildlife Zone

ONE WEEK TO GO! Lots of exciting new attractions await you at BBC Countryfile Live this year. Set in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace from the 3-6 August, our action-packed show includes live arena shows, activities exploring nature, animal displays, debates, music, food, drink, shopping and more! It's not too late to book if you havent done already: https://countryfilelive.com/tickets ... See more

This week we've got a fruity #fridaytip for you...

Thin out #apples and #pears to get a perfect crop of good sized fruit. Firstly remove any diseased, damaged or unusually small fruits.

Then carefully reduce numbers to no more than 2 or 3 per cluster. You will get larger sweeter fruits as a result - ideal for the perfect crumble or apple pie! 😋🍏🍐🥧

If you find our information useful you could help us to continue providing this advice by donating just £2 to Garden Organic today. Please text TIPS17 £2 to 70070 to donate. Thank you 😃 #fridaytip #organicgardening #fruits ... See more

The weather is set to be fine and sunny in #Upminster this Sunday. If you're in the area or you fancy a day trip out with a difference, then why not visit Frank's Cottages Open Garden.

This delightful #wildlife garden will be open on 30th July
between 12pm & 6pm in support of Garden Organic 😃 ... See more

Frank's Cottages Open Garden at: 8 Frank’s Cottages, St Mary’s Lane, Upminster RM14 3NUon: Sunday, 30 July 2017 - 12:00pm to 6:00pmTony Gunton and Pat Allen are generously opening their organic garden – a wildlife garden in the Metropolitan Green Belt near Upminster. Frank's Cottages boasts A half-a... ... See more

This week's #weedywednesday plant is #stinging #nettle - fierce, invasive but full of goodness!

The common #nettle is abundant throughout the UK.
Dried nettles provide excellent food for farm animals with a high protein content - despite the stalky nature it is easily digested. The flowers are a good source of pollen and nectar for butterflies 🦋

Did you know...
Stinging nettles also make the perfect soup 🍵 The nettles contain high levels of iron, calcium and magnesium & cooking will destroy the sting!

#weedywednesday #nettles #weeds #stingingnettle ... See more

On 3rd August we'll be heading off to be part of the 2017 BBC Countryfile Live show.

You'll find us located within the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust - BBOWT Wildlife Zone alongside our Oxfordshire Garden Organic Master Composters.

Don't miss out on this action-packed four-day show, we look forward to seeing you there! ... See more

BBC Countryfile Live is delighted to be returning to the spectacular grounds of Oxfordshire’s historic Blenheim Palace from 3 - 6 August 2017.

We thought we'd share something bright & beautiful for today's #mondaymotivation.

The stunning Comma #Butterfly can be seen here taking a little rest upon an #Echinacea flower.

If you run, or are part of a community garden or group like Caldmore Community Garden, then you may be interested in one of our courses, held here at our gardens 🌿

Take a look at what we have to offer here...
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/our-courses ... See more

Yesterday we visited Garden Organic and took part in their excellent "Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden" course. While there, we learnt about this amazing bumblebee project - have a look at their website and become one of its contributors! ... See more

Our Sustainable Communities Manager, David Garrett was in #Cumbria on Saturday to kick start the first #volunteer training session with our brand new Master Composters project.

A great day was had by all!
#GetComposting #composting #mastercomposters #cumbria ... See more

We had a fantastic training session with Garden Organic today to kick off our Master Composter project.

Nine volunteers were given training on all things compost and left the day eager to share what they have learnt in their communities and help people across Cumbria to #GetComposting!

Watch them learning how to put together all sorts of different compost bins, starting with the Green Johanna... ... See more

Ongoing RHS trials reveal that #organic #slug pellets perform as well as toxic synthetic chemical ones – especially on #hostas.

This is good news for organic growers...

RHS trials - organic slug pellets perform better than those with toxic metaldehyde Ongoing RHS trials reveal that organic slug pellets perform as well as toxic synthetic chemical ones – especially on hostas. This is good news for organic growers. This two year scientific study aims to identify more… ... See more

Follow our 3 step #fridaytip holiday plan for safekeeping of #vegetables and #flowers in your absence.

#Weed, then #water, then #mulch. This will keep the soil moist in your absence. Lawn mowings make an excellent mulch, feeding nitrates into the soil. ... See more

This is how we get mixed-coloured Aquilegia flowers. The new seed will be dried, tested and packed ready for the new catalogue this autumn. 🙂

If anyone is going to the Royal Welsh spring festival tomorrow come and say hello! I'll be on the Landworkers Alliance stall (SC108 in the Smallholder centre) in the morning, then on the panel for the smallholders' question time at 4pm Saturday afternoon 🙂
http://www.rwas.wales/spring-festival/ ... See more

The bees are out in force. A little hard to photo clearly, but this is a big red-tailed bumble bee making radish seed for us. It's 'Green Luobo' radish and will be ready in September

Hooray! Germination of the beautiful "Gaia" cold-adapted soybean we are trying out this year. 🙂

OK, listen up! Here's a chance to have a *real* effect and help stop GM crops getting into the UK. DEFRA are asking what people want as part of their 'green brexit' plans. There is huge pressure on the government to allow GM crops when we leave the EU. Now is a chance to be listened to; unlike all those petitions, this is a proper consultation and they will take notice; you personally could have a real effect. Please, read the excellent page by GM Freeze https://www.gmfreeze.org/current-actions/keep-gm-out-of-the-future-of-farming/
and use the links they provide to tell DEFRA you don't want GM crops allowed in the UK. ... See more

The Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), wants to hear your views about the future of food, farming and the environment. They say they want a Green Brexit. Please let them know that GM has no place in that. ... See more

Bean germination - amazing stopmotion video

حد شاف إنبات البذرة قبل كده 😃😍
#كن_نبات

Last week we hosted a training day for the Gaia Foundation at our barn, teaching experienced growers to become professional seed producers. It was really nice to meet all the lovely people; the vision is that ultimately there will be a network of local seed producers feeding into regional seed hubs and seed companies all over the UK. ... See more

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Photo Competition - we are also giving an extra prize of £20 of seed to David Coop for heroic pumpkin carving! (44kg and an all-night carving session!)
That's it for this year; thanks so much to everyone who sent in their photos; you all grew amazing pumpkins and we enjoyed looking at them all. I hope you had fun; we'll do the same again next year, all you have to do is use our bought seed or your own home saved seed from the Pacific Giant pumpkin 🙂 (you did hand-pollinate them, didn't you?) Free, open-source, printable seed saving instructions are at http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginfo.html ... See more

We have some winners of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Photo Competition! If you remember we offered a £20 seed voucher to whoever sent in the most awesome photo; after much deliberation one prize will go to Helen Pottinger, for creative pumpkin lifting:
" it weighed in at 7 and a half stone - or 105 pounds. I didn't know how we were going to lift it but eventually came up with the idea of enrobing it in an old sweatshirt, turning it upside down - and then two of us were able to lift it into the wheelbarrow by the arms! We managed to break the wheelbarrow in the process . . ." ... See more