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

Secure Your Local Seasonal Veg!

Only last few veg boxes are available for this season.
Your first box will be ready on the 26th June -for 28 weeks until the end of the year.

Support your local ... See more

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6 years ago
WEA Yorkshire & Humber - North & North East Lincs, Hull & East Riding

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We need more local producers to create a strong food network, in order to eat like Kings & Queens. This has been our mission from the start: to inspire people to become part of this ... See more

Grow your own sustainable food business

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Saturday 23rd March 10.30-2.30pm

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To enrol please call 0300 303 3464
Or ... See more

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7 years ago
Timeline Photos

Well this is exciting! 🍓 #strawberry #strawberries #chemicalfree #handpicked

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7 years ago
Timeline Photos

Hello seeder! Cutting edge yang seeder from Korea. 😍 #frithfarm #seeder #yang #permaculture #horticulture #handtools #csa #seeding #cultivate

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7 years ago
Timeline Photos

Fresh flowers 💐 #flowers #permaculture #horticulture #csa

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8 years ago

We're delighted to announce the winners of our Abel & Cole cookbook competition.

🌟Congratulations🌟 to Anne May Close, Karen J Smith and June Saddington, you're our three lucky winners!

Please ... See more

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8 years ago

Do you have too much material in your #compost bin?

We suggest digging out your half rotted compost and bagging it up. Keep it damp, and by next spring it will have rotted down enough to add to your ... See more

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8 years ago

Are you counting down to #Christmas? 🎅🎄

There's just 10 weeks to squeeze in your shopping but don't worry we've got the perfect gifts for that budding gardener in your life!

Take a look at ... See more

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8 years ago

How's your #Monday going?

We would love to see pictures of your #autumn #gardens and #allotments. Please comment and share below...

#MondayMotivation #autumngarden #autumnalcolours

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8 years ago
Honey tests reveal global contamination by bee-harming pesticides

Honey tests reveal global contamination by bee-harming pesticides - Neonicotinoid insecticides are found in 75% of global honey samples and half contain a cocktail of chemicals.

Neonicotinoid insecticides are found in 75% of global honey samples and half contain a cocktail of chemicals

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8 years ago
Introduction to mulching

This week's #Fridaytip highlights how useful a good mulch can be for your #autumn & #winter garden.

As you dig up plants, and some die back, large areas of bare soil start to appear. Use organic ... See more

Mulches are a labour saving trick which all organic gardeners can use. Garden Organic's Head of Organic Horticulture runs through different types of mulch an...

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8 years ago
Garden Organic

We've teamed up with Ebury Publishing and Abel & Cole to offer you the chance of 🌟winning🌟 a copy of their brand new cookbook - How to Eat Brilliantly Every Day.

If you love eating with the ... See more

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8 years ago
How safe are garden centre plants? | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Neonics are still present on so-called 'pollinator friendly' plants in garden centres across the country.

Read our article highlighting the developments surrounding #pesticides in garden centre ... See more

How safe are garden centre plants? Sarah Brown unpicks the recent worrying research about pesticide residues in garden centre plants... In the last edition of The Organic Way, Judith Conroy discussed ... See more

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8 years ago
Is the UK coming clean on pesticides?

A useful summing up of the issue of pesticide use, by Peter Melchett of the Soil Association

Following recent headlines and new scientific papers PETER MELCHETT of the Soil Association reports on the evolving dialogue around pesticides.

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8 years ago
Diane

Our head of Organic Horticulture, Chris Collins has been out and about today talking to representatives of the National Allotment Society

Chris Collins talking to National Allotment Society reps and mentor about Garden Organic school programme. Lots of ideas to encourage future plot-holders!

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7 years ago

David Coop: "It weighed a lovely 44kg, so we only just managed to lift it! As you can see, it made a truly impressive Halloween lantern, although it did take all night to carve it."

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7 years ago

Jeremy Newson got 171lb with his and says "Hi Crew, here it goes—several photos to follow. Wonderful seed. Nearly 2 tons of squash and pkins off our patch. .. Our local hospice got £150 from guess ... See more

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7 years ago

Helen Pottinger broke her wheelbarrow 😮with her gaint pumpkin: "I planted one at my allotment and it weighed in at 7 and a half stone - or 105 pounds. I didn't know how we were going to lift it ... See more

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7 years ago

Another good Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition entry - a very fine squash by Annie Sax:

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7 years ago

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition - from Julie Bissell: "My Giant grew up to 48 inch circumference, 44kg of squash - the best photo I could get was of a Hokkaido squash next to it (my cats refused ... See more

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7 years ago

We want to share some of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Competition entries. This is from Rich, who says: "here is a picture of my 6 foot son and a pumpkin we grew together "😁

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7 years ago
Buy quality Vegetable Seeds - The Real Seed Catalogue UK.

Seeds! Lovely fresh seeds! Get your new season seeds now... We just wanted to let everyone know our new 2018 Real Seed Catalogue is online 🙂
There are a very few varieties still waiting to be ... See more

A catalogue of the very best vegetable seed for home gardeners, with interesting heirloom and heritage varieties. Guaranteed better flavour or your money back.

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7 years ago

Apologies to everyone who couldn't order seed on Saturday. Sagepay - who process card payments for thousands of online stores including Real Seeds - had a wee bit of a computer meltdown and couldn't ... See more

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

New season website almost finished - just a few things left working their way through drying and testing. In the meantime we've been harvesting yacon. The first few packs are available now, and ... See more

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7 years ago

Last call for entries to our Giant Pumpkin photo competition! Send us a picture of your Pacific Giant grown from our seed; the winner will be the person with the most awesome photo, and the prize is ... See more

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