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?

5 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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5 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
Hu1 1nq

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

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5 years ago
Timeline Photos

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

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5 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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5 years ago
Timeline Photos

Fresh flowers 💐 #flowers #permaculture #horticulture #csa

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4 years ago
Naturally Good Food

Lots of tasty bakes and makes, made using delicious organic ingredients 😋 from our friends at Naturally Good Food. Make sure you subscribe!

Bored of the TV? 📺 Want to watch something inspirational? We now have our own youtube channel! Filled with videos on "HOW TO"s and bakes and makes and ingredients we are proud of...

All cooked up ... See more

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4 years ago
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4 years ago

Composting is the cornerstone of organic growing

There has always been something magical about the transformation of green waste into a nutrient rich compost that can benefit your soil and help your ... See more

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4 years ago

Happy Mother’s Day to our members and supporters.
We hope you enjoy a very special day.

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5 years ago

It's been a busy time for the Heritage Seed Library so far this year.

Our seedlings have now all been potted on and doing really well. We hope you're seeing success with your growing too...

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5 years ago
Garden Organic

Have you mown the lawn for the first time?

If you’ve made a start make sure you set the blades high and leave your first trimmings on the grass. As they die back they will feed the lawn with much ... See more

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5 years ago
Council news | Suffolk County Council

Volunteers needed to help #Suffolk get composting!

Suffolk Master Composters are inviting green minded enthusiasts to join their ranks and master the art of composting this spring.

The next free ... See more

Suffolk Master Composters are inviting green minded enthusiasts to join their ranks and master the art of composting this spring.

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5 years ago
Walworth Garden

Fantastic work by our Southwark Master Gardeners and Edible Rotherhithe out in the London Borough of Southwark...
#foodpoverty #organicgardening #growyourown

Today we hosted Garden Organic and Edible Rotherhithe who are working with the London Borough of Southwark and 58 organisations in the borough to eliminate food poverty and push for the protection of ... See more

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5 years ago
Toby's Garden Festival

Book your tickets online in advance for Toby's Garden Festival and receive a FREE scented pink plant from
Whetman Pinks - while stocks last!
You can collect your plant at the festival on 3/4 ... See more

Quick! Get your FREE scented pink plant from Whetman Pinks when you buy an online ticket in advance - while stocks last! Collect at the festival on 3/4 May. Tickets available at ... See more

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5 years ago

Not all slugs are villains!

This is the leopard slug (Limax maximus). You may have found a few in your compost bin when you have opened the lid. They play an important role in helping to break down ... See more

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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 years ago

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

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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 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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