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

Did you know that your salads and veg dishes can be enhanced by edible flowers! Impress your dinner guests with some of these brightly-coloured treats 🌺🌼🌸#fridaytip #summer #lovelytreats

The humble #bumblebee, pictured here taking a break on a Verbena Bonariensis in our Allotment Garden
#ThursdayThoughts #verbenabonariensis

One of our new partner gardens, Grapes Hill Community Garden is holding a free Organic Food Growing course this Saturday 10am - 3pm, funded by The Big Lottery Fund. Book a place or register your interest here 👇 ... See more

We are really excited to be running some informative and fun workshops through-out the summer with our Big Lottery Funding. From learning how to grow your own food organically to meeting like minded people interested in permaculture, there is sure to be something of interest to you or your family and friends.
Please spread the word!

On Saturday 8th July from 10am to 3pm (including lunch at midday) we are holding a workshop in ORGANIC FOOD GROWING which is being run by Ed Harkness. Learn how to grow your own healthy, delicious food.

The workshop is free but we will require a refundable deposit of £5.00 which will be returned at the end of the course.
Please bring refreshments and lunch with you.
E-mail: ellen@ellenmarygardening.co.uk to register your interest. ... See more

Looking for something to do this weekend?

Come along and see us at the Godiva Festival on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th July.

Find out more about who we are, how you can support us & the #memberships we have available. There's also a fun activity for the kids!

The Godiva Festival is a free and ticketless event. Just turn up on the day - we look forward to seeing you there! 😎 ... See more

Organic growers want to ban GM crops in the EU. Jean-Claude Juncker needs to ban them #JunckerBanGM

#Neonicotinoids - two new & comprehensive field studies show disastrous effects of #neonic #pesticides on #bees 🐝

Two new and comprehensive 'field realistic' studies have been published, both looking at the effect of neonic pesticides on bees. One looked at

The Organic Flower Garden is attracting plenty of #bees & #butterflies today - they're busy at work #pollinating all of the flowers!

Here are a few pictures for today's #mondaymotivation including the beautiful Sweet Pea 'Tamar Mix', Purple Ipomea 'Morning Glory' and Cobaea Scandens 'Cup and Saucer plant' ... See more

Summer is finally here and our beautiful gardens have been thriving throughout June, with a stunning array of flowers...
#summer #beauty #wildflowers #rytonorganicgardens

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.