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

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161 High street
Hull
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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
Photos from Garden Organic's post

It was impossible to pick just one picture for today's #mondaymotivation so here are a selection from the wildflower meadow - it's looking glorious in the sunshine!

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

We've had a fabulous four days at BBC Gardeners' World Live. Thank you to everyone who came to see us, including our valued members. We hope you enjoyed the stand as much as we did - our display of ... See more

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8 years ago
Wonderful Wormeries | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Join us on 27th June for a fascinating introduction to the wonderful world of worm compost.
Wonderful wormeries will give you all the know how on what you need to get your very own wormery up and ... See more

Worm composting uses worms to create dark crumbly compost from your kitchen and garden waste. It is a great method of recycling organic waste from homes where kitchen waste is the main material to be ... See more

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8 years ago

Who's watching BBC Gardeners World this evening?

Such a fantastic celebration of 50 years and great to look back and see the changes throughout the years.

What are the things you remember?

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8 years ago
How to make Comfrey tea

Do you have comfrey in your garden?
You can use #comfrey tea to feed your tomatoes 🍅 It’s easy to make, costs nothing, and provides the perfect balance of #nutrients, #nitrates and #phosphates ... See more

Chris Collins, Our Head of Organic Horticulture and David Garrett, Sustainable Communities Manager are here to show you how to make the perfect liquid food f...

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8 years ago
Timeline Photos

Adam Frost shares his stories of working with the fabulous Geoff Hamilton at Barnsdale Gardens with the BBC Gardeners' World audience

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8 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

Our worms are causing quite a stir at BBC Gardeners' World at the NEC today - if you're at the show make sure you come and say hello, we're near the Gardeners World Live Theatre

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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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