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

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 ... 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
Attracting Wildlife to your Garden | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Join us next month to learn how to attract #wildlife such as #frogs, #hedgehogs, #ladybirds, #birds and #bees into your garden or allotment. Beneficial wildlife is such an important pest control tool ... See more

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8 years ago
www.gardenorganic.org.uk

If you're concerned about the use of #pesticides, including #neonics and the #herbicide #glyphosate, and want to add your voice to the fight we would urge you to join our ranks by becoming a member ... See more

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8 years ago
Your Organic Garden in July | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

#Watering is important this month. Give your plants a good soak, in the soil not the leaves.
This is best done in the cool of the evening. Use rainwater to top up ponds; tap water can be too high in ... See more

July is the month when all the hard work pays off. Herbs and flowers are fragrant, and the soil rich with your home made compost. After the rush of May and June growth, you can relax a little and ... See more

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8 years ago
Large-scale study 'shows neonic pesticides harm bees' - BBC News

Full details of the latest study on #neonic #pesticide here.

The largest study to-date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes they harm honeybees and wild bees.

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8 years ago
Don't bee alarmed but... - BBC News

Short film from BBC News explaining the worries around #neonics...

the pesticides we use are harming these guys.

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

Here are a selection of images from yesterday's #wormery course!

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8 years ago
Our Courses | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Today's Wonderful Wormeries course is going really well. If you missed out, below are the details of our next few courses:
- Attracting Wildlife to your Garden - 20th July
- Growing Winter Veg - 3rd ... See more

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

Today's #mondaymotivation comes courtesy of the 'Georgia' squash flowers unfurling in the Kedar house - proof, should anyone still need it, that gardeners don't have to choose between a 'pretty' ... See more

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8 years ago

Another busy weekend #gardening! What have you achieved?

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8 years ago
Composting - The Alternative Methods | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Would you like to make better use of your household kitchen and garden waste?

We can teach you all of the know-how on #composting, with our half day course coming up on 14th July.

You will cover ... See more

Most compostable kitchen and garden waste can be processed through a traditional compost heap or a worm bin. However it may be preferable to use different techniques to recycle specific types of ... See more

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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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