Seedlings 🌱 #frithfarm #seedlings #permaculture #horticulture #csa #salad #birdseyeview

What a chore but what satisfaction! An afternoon well spent getting the rest of the beds lined out, now just to get some veggies in. #frithfarm #farmingthefuture #csa #permaculture #horticulture #cultivation ... See more

Strawberries are in flower 🍓. #frithfarm #farmingthefuture #strawberries #strawberry #inbloom #inflower #horticulture #permaculture #csa

Blooming nettle! #nettle #inbloom

A day well spent at Humber street vegan market today. The place was packed with like-minded people and it was great to hear such a positive response from people about local farming. Hopefully, you managed to catch us and some of our produce, if not watch this space for more markets in the future. ... See more

Plenty of wonky carrots here at the farm.

Billions of pounds of perfectly good produce are being wasted simply for being the wrong shape, color, and size. But Imperfect has a great solution!
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Out of your pantry and into your garden - Millie Ross shows you how to grow black beans and chillies in your backyard.

Birdseye view of the farm

We spent the day up in the northeast, experiencing other CSA's and organic farming practices. We had a walk around Nafferton farm, showing us their research on organic methods vs conventional methods. We finished the day with a presentation documenting the evidence that organic foods were higher in antioxidants and omega fatty acids, while been much lower in carcinogens like cadmium. It was the positive affirmation we needed, a real buzz around small-scale organic farming is building. ... See more

We've made a film describing the work we do with our producer and distributor members. We launched the film on Saturday at the Land and Food Forum and are thrilled to be able to share it with you now..... Give it a watch, then share it across your social networks! Thanks to the lovely Black Bark films for their amazing work. ... See more

Shocking facts on #pesticide use were revealed yesterday, at a high level debate on pesticides and food: is low dose exposure harmful?

Held at the Royal Society of Medicine, we learnt the following... ... See more

Shocking facts on pesticides Shocking facts on pesticide use were revealed yesterday, at a high level debate on Pesticides and food: is low dose exposure harmful? held at the Royal Society of Medicine. Garden Organic learned that: Only 1% of a chemical, such as any neonicotinoid, reaches its targete... ... See more

There's just five weeks left until Christmas and we've got just the course to get you feeling festive! 🎅🎄⛄

Book yourself a place on our 'Make your own natural Christmas decorations' course and create a special festive decoration or wreath to give a beautiful final touch to your home.

Make your booking here to avoid disappointment www.gardenorganic.org.uk/events/make-your-own-natural-christmas-decorations

Here's what one of our attendees had to say about last year's course... ... See more

In three words tell us what you've accomplished in the #garden this weekend. Don't forget to share your wonderful pictures with us! 😀 #mondaymotivation #organic #gardening #plants #flowers #veg

Are you #planning on ordering your new #fruit trees? Before you begin with planting, take a look at our advice.

Remember to clear away any growth up to metre from your new #tree or #bush. Grass in particular is very greedy, and can reduce cropping and may even kill young trees.
#Fridaytip #fruittrees #advice #organicgrowing ... See more

How to grow fruit the organic way You've just bought a high quality fruit tree or bush, capable of providing you with years of delicious harvests. So what do you do next? Here we help you prepare your soil, plant, cope with pests and diseases, and then harvest and store. To prepare your organic grow... ... See more

The excitement is building as our #seed packing begins ready for this year's #seed list.

Here's a quick sneak preview of just a few of the varieties available and with over 150 types of seed plus 19 new, you'll be spoilt for choice!

There's still plenty of time to become a member of the Heritage Seed Library, you can join here www.gardenorganic.org.uk/join-us

#heritage #seeds #organic #exclusive ... See more

We quite like Nigel & Nellie 🐶

We hope you've got something fun planned for BBC Children in Need

Stop everything - DOGS IN EARS! 💛

Even Monty Don's Nigel and Nellie are doing their thing on BBC Gardeners World 🐶

Get your ears on ➡ bit.ly/CiNEars

Are you an #enthusiastic and motivated team player looking for a Part-time role?

We have an opportunity within our #Sustainable #Communities Team for a #Part-time Project Co-ordinator.

If you're great at #planning and #coordinating #project activities then this role could be perfect for you!

Closing date for #applications is 21st November - take a look below 👇 for further details. #newrole #job #parttime ... See more

Project Co-ordinator - Sustainable Communities (Part time) Location: Home based (Worcestershire)Salary: £19,500 pro rataHours: 10.5 hours per week*Holiday Entitlement: 25 days pro rata Garden Organic have a part time opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated, team player to join their Sustainabl... ... See more

We would like to wish HRH The Prince of Wales and Patron of Garden Organic, a very Happy Birthday!

Just preparing the new harvest seed of the Golden Chard. What a pretty plant!

The "Amanda" sweet peppers are incredible. Look, another huge harvest of fruit this morning! Seed from the first batch of these will be available online really soon. 🙂

Here's Tam spending an afternoon this week deseeding the "Amanda" sweet peppers. We love the pepper harvest - we all get a huge bucket of peppers to cook with once the seeds are taken out!

Amaranth! The Leaf Amaranth plants are flowering well now in the tunnel and it looks spectacular; they're about 12ft tall. New seed from them should be ready in late November.

Bulking up our super tasty new bean Princess - in the field earlier in the year, drying in the tunnel - and the catflap we installed so that Thompson can get in and protect all our drying seeds even when the tunnel is shut up! ... See more

A fairly large Pacific Giant squash - 27kg!

Squash harvest at Real Seeds! Here's Ian bringing in the hugely diverse Treugerat squash population. This is the start of a dehybridisation project; all these different squash came from seed in one pumpkin Ben found at a festival in France. We'll select the best and breed them true over the next 8 years. ... See more

A few photos from a busy harvest week at Real Seeds: Ian cutting the hedges back, Ben sorting the Special Swiss sweetcorn, a visit by the local Permaculture group and harvesting enormous sunflowers. (oh and not to forget Kate practicing Hamlet with a Polarnaya Siberian Cabbage...) ... See more

We've been getting the squash harvest in now, and this is interesting - the one at the bottom is a Sibley that was harvested *last year* - yes, 12 months ago! Stored on the dresser in a cool room, it's still in perfectly eatable condition. Now that's what you can call a good-storage variety! ... See more

This is why chemical farming is so wrong . Great timelapse photography of what happens if you remove all the organisms from the soil.

Bioturbation with and without soil fauna.