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

A seed saving research project led by Sanwal Bhatti from University of Birmingham was featured last night on BBC Midlands today.

The project is taking place at Bourneo Street Allotments, Walsall who took part in our Growing From Your Roots project.

You can watch the coverage from 15:44
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We're delighted that our Growing Communities project in #Breckland and West #Norfolk has been awarded £388,000 from the National Lottery Big Lottery Fund

Growing Communities supports vulnerable members of the #community & #volunteers through community gardening & will use the funding to provide #therapeutic gardening activities. ... See more

Norfolk community charities are celebrating after being awarded a sum of money from the National Lottery’s Big Lottery Fund.

Join our Southwark Master Gardeners today for their free #Herbal Presents #Workshop from 10am-1pm. Learn how to make presents from #herbs and take some home with you! Lunch is also included! Get you ticket here... ... See more

FREE Herbal Presents Workshop at: Buchan Estate Community Hall, Southwark on: Wednesday, 13 December 2017 - 10:00am to 1:00pmJoin Southwark Master Gardeners for their free Herbal Presents Workshop.Learn how to make presents from herbs and take some home with you! They'll be hands on activities a... ... See more

Many #gardeners across the #UK have experienced heavy snow and frost this week. We recorded a very chilly -11 degrees ❄️❄️❄️ at Ryton!

Here's some information on how to deal with nature's beautiful, but deadly, ice maker. ... See more

Frost in the organic garden Frost – an enemy of great beauty! Nothing is more stunning than the white, sparkling glitter of a sunny frosty day. But nothing is more deadly. Frost kills plants, as the water inside the plant cells expands when it freezes. This breaks the cell walls, which means they ... ... See more

The gardens this morning, looking beautiful in the frost ❄️❄️❄️

**Office closure - Monday 11th December**

Due to dangerous driving conditions the Garden Organic office, gardens and shop are closed today, Monday 11th December.

We hope to be back open as usual on Tuesday.

For details of the Stock Pot café please visit www.facebook.com/thestockpotcafe. ... See more

If you’re tucked up inside away from the snow, why not grab a hot chocolate, put your feet up and take a look online at our fabulous clothing range.

A perfect opportunity to finish off that Christmas shopping! ... See more

It's the perfect time to sow chard and leaf beet for harvesting from autumn through into winter & next spring. You can find Fordhook Giant, Pink Passion and Golden Chard - all recommended by Alys Fowler - on our leaf greens page here: http://realseeds.co.uk/cookinggreens.html ... See more

Wilt it in butter, put it in a flan, turn it into a gratin… Sow now, and you could be reaping the benefits all winter

Halfway there! Not a bad days work. Our new water tower will help next spring if there's a dry spell just as we put out all the baby plants...

Here's Ian checking the first piece of our new water tower, which we're hoping to put together today. Made from local wood cut by Adrian Krakiewicz on his mobile sawmill, it will be 4m high, with a 2000l tank on top. ... See more

Very unusual pods developing on our edible chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus). It makes small lentil-like seeds that are eaten in many countries around the Mediterranean. We always have a few experimental things on the go, and this one certainly grows well here. We'll have to wait and see how easy it is to gather the seeds before they scatter though! ... See more

It's finally time to sow Oriental Greens! (If you sow them before midsummers day they just go to flower straight away) But now we can sow all these amazing greens that have been bred for growing really fast from now until winter. These come up quick and are ready to eat cooked or raw in just month or so. Find them all at http://www.realseeds.co.uk/orientalgreens.html ... See more

"Czech Early" aubergine living up to its name! Just about ready by the end of June - not at all bad for an unheated polytunnel in Wales.

Here's experimental tomato 'Blue Fire' under trial in one of the polytunnels. It is very pretty - but not yet ripe enough to taste-test.

Beautiful summer salad - from our seeds: spinach, golden chard, pink passion chard, magentaspreen, fennel leaves, orach, 'green days' oriental green, mange-tout peas, marigold petals, violets, radish flowers and pods & chive flowers- plus elderflowers and rose petals from the hedge. ... See more

Thought people might like to see the nodules on the roots of a broad bean plant. In all 'leguminous' plants - peas, beans etc - this is where the beneficial bacteria live that fix nitrogen from the air for the plant to use, so the plant can grow in poorer soil. The plant in return provides a safe home and sugar for the bacteria to live off. It also supplies oxygen to the bacteria - if you cut a nodule open, it is pink inside. The colour is from the plants 'leghaemoglobin' - just like the haemoglobin in your blood! ... See more

A fine crop of Early Prolific Straightneck is growing in the tunnel. It's been many years since we were able to offer seed of them, so this is quite exciting. Fingers crossed for a good seed harvest this autumn 🙂 ... See more