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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7 years ago
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Well this is exciting! 🍓 #strawberry #strawberries #chemicalfree #handpicked

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

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7 years ago
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Fresh flowers 💐 #flowers #permaculture #horticulture #csa

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7 years ago
Midlands Today - Evening News: 12/12/2017

A seed saving research project led by Sanwal Bhatti from University of Birmingham was featured last night on BBC Midlands today.

The project is taking place at Bourneo Street Allotments, Walsall who ... See more

The latest news, sport and weather for the Midlands.

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7 years ago
Celebrations as Norfolk charities receive life changing grants

We're delighted that our Growing Communities project in #Breckland and West #Norfolk has been awarded £388,000 from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund

Growing Communities supports vulnerable ... See more

Norfolk community charities are celebrating after being awarded a sum of money from the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund.

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7 years ago
FREE Herbal Presents Workshop | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Join our Southwark Master Gardeners today for their free #Herbal Presents #Workshop from 10am-1pm. Learn how to make presents from #herbs and take some home with you! Lunch is also included! Get you ... See more

FREE Herbal Presents Workshop at: Buchan Estate Community Hall, Southwark on: Wednesday, 13 December 2017 - 10:00am to 1:00pmJoin Southwark Master Gardeners for their free Herbal Presents ... See more

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7 years ago
Frost in the organic garden | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Many #gardeners across the #UK have experienced heavy snow and frost this week. We recorded a very chilly -11 degrees ❄️❄️❄️ at Ryton!

Here's some information on how to deal with ... See more

Frost in the organic garden Frost – an enemy of great beauty! Nothing is more stunning than the white, sparkling glitter of a sunny frosty day. But nothing is more deadly. Frost kills plants, as ... See more

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7 years ago
Photos from Garden Organic's post

The gardens this morning, looking beautiful in the frost ❄️❄️❄️

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7 years ago

We’ve seen a lot of snow across the midlands and sadly we are closed today.

Hopefully we’ll be able to post some pictures of the gardens tomorrow but in the meantime please share your winter ... See more

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7 years ago
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**Office closure - Monday 11th December**

Due to dangerous driving conditions the Garden Organic office, gardens and shop are closed today, Monday 11th December.

We hope to be back open as usual on ... See more

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7 years ago
Garden Organic

If you’re tucked up inside away from the snow, why not grab a hot chocolate, put your feet up and take a look online at our fabulous clothing range.

A perfect opportunity to finish off that ... See more

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7 years ago

Give the perfect gift this #Christmas and treat the budding gardener in your life to our Garden Organic & Heritage Seed Library #gift #membership.

A gift membership can be sent to you to hold until ... See more

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8 years ago
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Huge fruit on Alistair MacGillivray's 'Pacific Giant' squash plant, about 70cm and still getting bigger - see the foot at the bottom right for scale! Don't forget we're running a free competition on ... See more

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

It's that exciting time of year when seed starts ripening thick and fast 🙂 Below are the first few umbels of Manchester Table carrot seed ready to harvest in the tunnel.

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8 years ago

We've just harvested the tree onions - they're drying nicely in the barn, and we've got a few of the earliest ones packed up now.
http://realseeds.co.uk/onionsspecial.html#onts

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8 years ago

We found lots of little baby lizards while we were clearing up in front of the tunnel - they move very fast, but one stayed still long enough for a photo.

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

Some of the flowers we've got growing amongst the vegetables on our fields at the moment - great for the bees, and some of them are edible too.

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8 years ago
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Everything is growing so fast right now. The edible lupin 'dieta' has set loads of pods. The seeds of this special variety are hopefully non-bitter and are cooked or pickled as 'altramuz'; a high ... See more

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8 years ago
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Here's a fantastic photo of our Painted Mountain corn, just sent in by James Wilde of Invergowrie in Scotland. (And yes, he did grow it in a greenhouse to get it this early - but the outdoors one are ... See more

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8 years ago
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Now how about this for a tomato colour scheme!

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

Pulleys are great 🙂

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8 years ago
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The water tower is finished - now all we have to do is figure out how to get the enormous tank on top of it!

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