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.

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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

#simpleswitch No.6 - Save your seeds.

Organic growers know their #plants will stay #organic year on year. And now is the perfect time of year to be saving your own seeds.

A paper bag or envelope will do just fine, to shake the #seeds into. Keep them dry, and cool, and sow again next Spring.

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Happy #Monday! Feel inspired this #autumn, and love your #organic #garden in #September. #MondayMotivation #winteriscoming

Your Organic Garden in September September sunshine is special - golden and gentle. But the growing days are shorter, with dew drenched mornings and cool evenings. Now is the time to gather your harvest before frosts threaten. And save your seeds before winter sets in.See below for advice on soil, v... ... See more

We received a fantastic turnout for our Urban Organics talk at Harrogate Flower Show hosted by our very own Chris Collins.

We've enjoyed a great weekend here in Harrogate and it's been fantastic to see so many of our valued members.

See you again soon 😀 ... See more

Just 30 minutes to go before our Head of Organic Horticulture, Chris Collins takes to the Kitchen Garden stage at Harrogate Flower Show. He'll be talking about all things organic.

See you there! 😀

#simpleswitch No.5 - Buy organic plants, seeds and bulbs.

Almost anything bought from a garden centre, whether it is a plant in a pot, a packet of seeds or autumn bulbs will have been treated with chemicals which can destroy #wildlife.

There are many online suppliers, such as The Organic Gardening Catalogue

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We're delighted to have been awarded five stars by the judges for our stand at Harrogate Flower Show. Very exciting!

Making great use of the tin from our Clipper Teas tea bags by using it to plant our Dobies Purple beetroot & Golden Sunrise beetroot.
#natural #organic

Our #Fridaytip for you this week is to harvest as much as you possibly can before frost strikes! Tomatoes and beans are particularly susceptible. Cut up and throw the empty plants on the #compost heap.

If you have windfall #plums, #apples and #pears, leave some on the grass, they are loved by #birds, #butterflies and other beneficial #insects. #autumngarden #harvest #organic

If you'd like to more about how to start planning your own #organic #garden then take a look at our introductory course... ... See more

Planning your organic garden at: Ryton Organic Gardenson: Thursday, 16 November 2017 - 10:00am to 4:00pmThis introductory course focuses on how to start planning your organic garden, with practical tips on crop rotation, ground preparation and more. Winter is the perfect time to plan ahead and prepa... ... See more

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.