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 community farm in exchange for nourishing veggies

We also have a few workshare spaces available for Monday or Wednesday 10am-2pm, in exchange for a medium box

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Free taster session

Saturday 23rd March 10.30-2.30pm

Course ID: C3675219

OneSixOne
161 High street
Hull
Hu1 1nq

To enrol please call 0300 303 3464
Or visit the website www.wea.org.uk ... See more

Fresh garlic!! #permaculture #handpicked #fresh #chemicalfree #garlic #freshgarlic

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

Extra large bijou lettuce. #frithfarm #permaculture #horticulture #handpicked #lettuce #salad

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

Fresh flowers 💐 #flowers #permaculture #horticulture #csa

Broad beans are thriving! #broadbeans #broadbean #beans #permaculture #horticulture #csa

Morning perennial’s 💐 #frithfarm #flower #perennials #permaculture #horticulture #csa

Morning salad view 🥗 #farmingthefuture #frithfarm #salad #oriental #pollytunnel #permaculture #horticulture #csa #sunrise

Join us each week throughout the rest of #summer for #WeedyWednesday

We'll be here with our top tips and methods of wiping out the weeds you don't want.

This weeks #weed is one that just keeps on giving - Bindweed!

We're sure many of you have experienced #Bindweed in your garden or allotment, here's what we suggest to banish the Bindweed! ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Bindweed The second plant in our Wednesday Weed series is bindweed. Possibly the most persistent weed in the garden. In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How they grow, what benefits they bring to the garden, and how to manage them. Organic growers re... ... See more

To celebrate Great British Pea Week @ Yes Peas!, we thought we would share two pea varieties from our Heritage Seed Library

British Wonder - a hardy, compact pea (60cm-1m) & exceptionally high yielding. Introduced in the UK by Taber & Cullen in 1890 and in the USA by W Atlee Burpee in 1904. It produces white flowers followed by plump green pods.

Old England - thought to have been bred by Kelways, est.1851 by James Kelway of Langport, Somerset and introduced in the early 20th century. Plants grow to 1.2-1.5m producing broad, plump pods containing 5-7 large, wrinkle-seeded peas.

Both of these delicious #pea varieties will be available to members in this year's Heritage Seed Library catalogue.

If you'd like to become a member of the Heritage Seed Library then you can join here... #greatbritishpeaweek #PeasPlease #peas ... See more

We've recently acquired a new addition to our Allotment Garden, here at Ryton.

Thanks to Waltons Garden Buildings we are now the proud owners of a brand new shed for our Gardening Volunteers.

As you can see our volunteers are very pleased to have somewhere keep their tools, pot plants and of course take a well earned break ☕

If you would like to find out more about becoming a Garden Organic #volunteer please contact dmaltby@gardenorganic.org.uk ... See more

We are joined today by pupils from Welford on Avon Primary School. Today they're learning about #Growing Around the World, including how to grow #Haloon - an #Indian variety of #cress.

They'll also be Bug Bingo plus many other activities for them to get involved in today!

If you would like to arrange an #educational visit for your school then please get in touch at: schools@gardenorganic.org.uk ... See more

Are you looking to grow something a little different?

In the last 50 years our #culinary horizons have broadened to encompass a wide range of cultures, including India, Chinese, South East Asia and the Caribbean.

Our Cutting Edge #Veg course will show you how to grow many of the vegetables, herbs and spices associated with a more exotic range of cuisines and introduce you to #vegetables that you may not have tried before.

We'll touch on different aspects, from understanding the challenges of growing non-traditional #crops and saving seed from exotic crops to unusual #herbs & #spices. You'll also get the opportunity to explore our Exotic Garden. ... See more

In the last 50 years our culinary horizons have broadened to encompass a wide range of cultures including India, Chinese, South East Asia and the Caribbean. However, it seems that our growing skills have lagged behind our cooking habits.

This course will show you how to grow many of the vegetables, herbs and spices associated with a more exotic range of cuisines and introduce you to vegetables that you may not have tried before. Much of this expertise has been learnt by working with immigrant communities around the Midlands, so the plants have a proven track record of growing in this area. A glasshouse is not essential, as many will grow outside without a protected environment.

The following will be covered during the course of the day:
- Understanding the challenges of growing non-traditional crops
- Exotic legumes
- Exotic cucurbits
- Exotic tubers and roots
- Taking lemongrass cuttings
- Unusual herbs and spices
- Making garam masala
- Sowing haloon
- Taking african kale cuttings
- Explore the exotic garden at Ryton
- Saving seed from exotic crops

You will be able to take home a variety of factsheets to help get you started. This course assumes some experience of growing, but does not need advanced knowledge. ... See more

Today's #mondaymotivation is all about the #fruity Ficus carica, known as the common fig. The fruit has started to appear on our fig tree which can be found in the Keder Greenhouse within the Allotment Garden. #fruit #ficuscarica #organicgrowing ... See more

We're ready & waiting for pupils from Christ the King Primary School to arrive. They'll be with us today #learning how to make paper pots & sow seeds!

If you would like Garden Organic to host an #educational visit for your school, then please get in touch with us at: schools@gardenroganic.org.uk

#education #schools #learning ... See more

Godiva Festival is almost in full swing and the sunshine is out again. If you're popping along come and see us in the #charity stall area and have a go at our activity #godiva #festivaltime #sunshine

It's still very warm out there for our prickly friends. A fresh bowl of water is perfect for them😀

Sharing this could save a hedgehog's life 💚

Do you live in the #Coventry & #Warwickshire area and do you #care for someone who could not manage alone due to illness, disability, mental health needs or old age?

Why not take a break and join us for our Thyme To Be session next Tuesday. You'll have the opportunity to meet like minded people and participate in our seasonal activity. ... See more

Do you care for an adult or child in the Coventry area? If so we'd love to you join us for an open day to introduce our new project, Thyme To Be.

Join us for this growing session at Ryton Organic Gardens. You'll meet like-minded people, garden and learn new skills together in a relaxing environment.

This summer session with include practical organic growing activities relevant to the season.

You will have the opportunity to look round our beautiful demonstration organic gardens, and hear about similar work we are currently doing.

Refreshments will be provided and transport and replacement care can be arranged through Carers Trust Heart of England (limited availability). ... See more

We are really pleased to release our new seed packaging today! We decided a new corporate image was long overdue.

For the last day of #seedweek we'd like to talk about the Open Source Seed Initiative.

Patents & licenses on seed have spread to many parts of the world. Soon, farmers and gardeners may be unable to do anything more than rent seeds from the companies who control them. Already, the purchase of many seeds in the U.S. by a farmer is actually a one-time rental of the seed for a single cropping season. The license prevents farmers from saving, replanting, breeding, and sharing seed that has been rented, not purchased. Even plant breeders are prohibited from using these seeds to improve the crops. These legal restrictions benefit a few companies but threaten the food security of our societies.

Open source seed is seed of a plant variety the genetics of which cannot be restricted by patents or other intellectual property rights. Originally developed for computer software, the open source idea makes something like computer code, or seeds, freely available for use, and makes sure it stays freely available. The material is placed permanently in the public domain. It can still be modified, shared, bought, sold, and reproduced. Some people might may choose to improve the material to make something new. But the original material, and any derivatives must remain free for others to use forever, and cannot be restricted through patents and licenses.

You can read more about open source seed on the OSSI website below, or on our website at Real Seeds here: http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ossi.html ... See more

Free the Seed!

It's #seedweek! Read about the grassroots #seedsovereignty movement of across the UK and Ireland.

"Only 3 corporations sell 75% of the worlds seed; if we all start sowing open source, organic seed, we can grow a democratic food system." David Price, Seed Cooperative, Lincolnshire, UK

https://spark.adobe.com/page/TPzSXT2LOg0bB/?fbclid=IwAR0p2U0IevkBfVcswO-ba0r2PbF-AUZSeWqYAFPwuiXoHNE-I5JgMnhDFgs ... See more

New Seed envelopes in action! All running smoothly now after only a few adjustments: Our Ballard Brown Bag Seed Packing Machine from the 1880s. This is the first trial run of our new Art Nouveau paper envelopes, custom manufactured for us as part of our drive to reduce plastic packaging. ... See more

Exciting parcel from USA! First trial batch of custom-made paper seed envelopes for our 1880's "Ballard Brown Bag Seed Packing Machine"! Don't they look fine? Bottom picture shows the back when closed & opened - the green stripe is the latex stickum to hold the flap shut.
Next step is to test them in both our envelope printer and the packing machine.
(they did unfortunately use a draft copy of the artwork rather than the final version, but that's why you get trial runs done rather than just ordering 100,000 👍 ) ... See more

Great to see everyone at Newport Seedy Saturday today. thanks to everybody who came ; hopefully we'll see you all again next year with loads of home saved seed 🙂

Just getting ready for our own Seedy Saturday here in Newport. Anyone local, see you at the Tabernacle Chapel vestry (opposite Long Street carpark) 10am to 1pm 🙂

We got our latest shipment of seed from Italy yesterday, and Kate noticed the boxes on the pallet were now labelled in English. Read the small print 🙂

Are you part of a community seed bank project? The Community Seed Banks Academy may be able to support you with training, information and exchanges. They currently have a call out for applications.

Hopefully you're all enjoying the beautiful weather. This is just a reminder not to get *too* optimistic about sowing just yet.

Remember, in most of the country soil temperatures outdoors won't get above 7 or 8 degrees C until into March. Realistically beetroot, carrots, parsnips etc will just tend to sit and linger in cold soil - even allowing for the fact that we are very likely to get another cold snap.

We find that delaying sowing until late March or into April gives much better results, with later sown crops coming on quicker and more able to outgrow slugs & other pests.

Similarly, sowing indoors on a windowsill may be very tempting, but remember that your crops will need warmth *and* light once they're up, so make sure you'll have somewhere suitable for them to grow on. We've sown our peppers and aubergines in a heated propagator, they'll go out into an unheated greenhouse insulated with bubblewrap, but we'll bring them indoors overnight if the weather is particularly cold. Tomatoes will go into the propagator this week.

My main exceptions to the 'don't sow too early' rule are onions (need a little heat to germinate but then will stand any amount of UK- level cold) and peas which you can start in modules or trays and then put out as soon as they're an inch or so high. Again they'll happily sit through frosts. I'm going to sow my new favourite Jessy sugar snap peas today 🙂

http://www.realseeds.co.uk/germination.html ... See more

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