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!
www.imperfectproduce.com
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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

Collect deciduous #autumn leaves 🍁🍂 and store, to create #leafmould. Make sure leaves are damp, and use plastic sacks with holes for air circulation.

Trials over many years have shown the value of adding leafmould to the soil. Plants are healthier, crop yields are higher, and pest/disease problems fewer.

Making leafmould is as easy as 1,2,3. Here we show you how...
#Fridaytip #leafmould #healthysoil ... See more

Leafmould What is dark brown, crumbly, good for your garden and completely free? No, it's not chocolate cake. It's leafmould! Autumn leaves rot down to make leafmould. It is easy to make, and it can be used on any soil at any time of the year. It’s also perfect for seed and potting mixes too. Making... ... See more

By donating your old pound coins you would be supporting our ongoing work and projects, helping individuals & communities to lead a healthy & sustainable lifestyle.

If you've found any coins in your coat pocket or in an old piggy bank, then please post them in to us on a piece of card: Garden Organic, Wolston lane, Coventry, CV8 3LG

We'll make sure they go to good use and we'll even recycle your cardboard! ... See more

The Earthworm Watch autumn survey is now open!

Find out how to get involved here and represent your region to help fill in the gaps of data? www.earthwormwatch.org/get-involved #wormwednesday

Would you like to know more about becoming a member of our unique Heritage Seed Library?

For just £1.50 a month you can play your part in preserving our valuable organic heritage.

Find out about the many benefits of becoming a member... ... See more

Join us and Warwickshire Wildlife Trust for our half term veteran tree event. You'll get to collect #acorns from some of the ancient and majestic oak trees in Coombe Country Park.

Join us to meet some amazing ancient trees in Coombe Country Park and collect acorns from the majestic veteran oaks there. We will then travel to Ryton Organic Gardens to pot up our acorns and learn all about how seeds become trees! You can take your own potted veteran acorn away to grow at home! ... See more

Now is the perfect time to plant out your #spring cabbages.
www.gardenorganic.org.uk/what-sow-and-plant-october

We've experimented with a range of different of #soil improvers - Organic manure, leafmould, mulch and a bed with no treatment.

Do you use any of these methods on your garden or allotment?
What do you think works best?
#MondayMotivation #soilimprovers #mulch #manure #leafmould ... See more

Our Natural #Christmas decorations #course has proved so popular, that we're now running an additional afternoon session!

The session will run from 1.30-5pm and spaces are already filling up. To secure your place please call us or book online. ... See more

Make your own natural Christmas decorations at: Ryton Organic Gardenson: Thursday, 7 December 2017 - 1:30pm to 5:00pmNEW AFTERNOON SESSION Get into the festive spirit and have fun using materials from our gardens to make natural decorations. You will be shown how to weave your own willow wreath that... ... See more

We popped along to Hill Close Gardens Apple Day & Country Fair yesterday. It was lovely see so many people enjoying themselves and of course lovely to see the sunshine!

Have you got big gardening plans for the weekend ahead?

We've got some great #organic tips for October from soil management to fruit, herbs and flowers

Take a look here and don't forget to keep those pictures coming, we love to see what you've been up to in your own garden and allotments. ... See more

Your Organic Garden in October October is the month of harvest festival. A time to gather in and celebrate your successes in all parts of the garden: and start to plan for next year! The end of the growing season also means a busy time composting crop remains, saving seeds and preparing your soil fo... ... See more

This is how we get mixed-coloured Aquilegia flowers. The new seed will be dried, tested and packed ready for the new catalogue this autumn. 🙂

If anyone is going to the Royal Welsh spring festival tomorrow come and say hello! I'll be on the Landworkers Alliance stall (SC108 in the Smallholder centre) in the morning, then on the panel for the smallholders' question time at 4pm Saturday afternoon 🙂
http://www.rwas.wales/spring-festival/ ... See more

The bees are out in force. A little hard to photo clearly, but this is a big red-tailed bumble bee making radish seed for us. It's 'Green Luobo' radish and will be ready in September

Hooray! Germination of the beautiful "Gaia" cold-adapted soybean we are trying out this year. 🙂

OK, listen up! Here's a chance to have a *real* effect and help stop GM crops getting into the UK. DEFRA are asking what people want as part of their 'green brexit' plans. There is huge pressure on the government to allow GM crops when we leave the EU. Now is a chance to be listened to; unlike all those petitions, this is a proper consultation and they will take notice; you personally could have a real effect. Please, read the excellent page by GM Freeze https://www.gmfreeze.org/current-actions/keep-gm-out-of-the-future-of-farming/
and use the links they provide to tell DEFRA you don't want GM crops allowed in the UK. ... See more

The Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), wants to hear your views about the future of food, farming and the environment. They say they want a Green Brexit. Please let them know that GM has no place in that. ... See more

Bean germination - amazing stopmotion video

حد شاف إنبات البذرة قبل كده 😃😍
#كن_نبات

Last week we hosted a training day for the Gaia Foundation at our barn, teaching experienced growers to become professional seed producers. It was really nice to meet all the lovely people; the vision is that ultimately there will be a network of local seed producers feeding into regional seed hubs and seed companies all over the UK. ... See more

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Photo Competition - we are also giving an extra prize of £20 of seed to David Coop for heroic pumpkin carving! (44kg and an all-night carving session!)
That's it for this year; thanks so much to everyone who sent in their photos; you all grew amazing pumpkins and we enjoyed looking at them all. I hope you had fun; we'll do the same again next year, all you have to do is use our bought seed or your own home saved seed from the Pacific Giant pumpkin 🙂 (you did hand-pollinate them, didn't you?) Free, open-source, printable seed saving instructions are at http://www.realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginfo.html ... See more

We have some winners of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Photo Competition! If you remember we offered a £20 seed voucher to whoever sent in the most awesome photo; after much deliberation one prize will go to Helen Pottinger, for creative pumpkin lifting:
" it weighed in at 7 and a half stone - or 105 pounds. I didn't know how we were going to lift it but eventually came up with the idea of enrobing it in an old sweatshirt, turning it upside down - and then two of us were able to lift it into the wheelbarrow by the arms! We managed to break the wheelbarrow in the process . . ." ... See more