Organic networking... And what a character this guy is 😂

There's nothing like a bath full of worms.

New arrival for the boxes! Squash!

No need to peel me. Just roast, steam, stew me, stick me in a curry or blend me into a warming soup. The possibilities are endless -

Enjoy.

The resulting effects of CSA and how it can support a bright and abundant future for the way we produce food.

This story among many others will be included in our new documentary Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future! Find out more at https://livingthechangefilm.com

Farm friend Jen has started a really good food blog for us called 'One Hull of a Kitchen'. She'll be using the Frith farm veg box to produce weekly, seasonal recipes to help us all stay inspired. Go check out the link below.

https://onehullofakitchen.wordpress.com/ ... See more

First sight of corn yesterday. It's delicious as it is uncooked, creamiest corn I've ever tasted!

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Interesting new blog post on our website about pesticide residues in food. Written by Gina Allen who has Masters by Research in Science of the Environment.

Click the link below to read:

https://frithfarming.com/blog/ ... See more

Frith farm is a local community agriculture scheme providing fresh seasonal, high quality, chemical free, vegetables and gourmet salad in Hull and Beverley

This machine makes planting a breeze!

Looking at a small African tribe, this study found that the composition of their gut bacteria changed with the seasons, due to a strict seasonal diet. The study found that some bacteria even disappeared altogether and then reappeared the following season. When samples were compared to those from industrialised, western countries it demonstrated (again) their diminishing microbial diversity.

Nice little article supporting the importance of local, seasonal eating! 😉 ... See more

Seasonal changes in gut bacteria make-up of a small African community strengthens the evidence that diet strongly influences our gut microbiota, finds a new study in Science.

Good Morning!
Our Colourful Carrots dug from the new bed are ready for today's box scheme members !

Don't forget that this weekend is the start of our Open Gardens.

You'll be spoilt for choice this #summer with a selection of gardens open on dates in July & August.

You can help to support us this #weekend by visiting Knoll House & Laurel Villa - two beautiful Gardens in #Stroud. ... See more

This week's #weedywednesday plant is #Goosegrass,
also known as Cleavers, or Sticky Willy!

Many of you will be familiar with this particular #weed and its small hooked hairs growing out of the stems and leaves which latch on, giving the name Sticky Grass or Sticky Willy.

Did you know?
The roots of Goosegrass can be used to create a
permanent red dye!

Find out more about this #stickyweed here...

#weedywednesday #goosegrass #cleavers #weeds ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Goosegrass (Cleavers) This week's plant in our Wednesday Weed series is Goosegrass, also known as Cleavers, or Sticky Willy. In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How they grow, what benefits they bring to the garden, and how to manage them. Organic gr... ... See more

Garden Organic was full of excitement yesterday when we were joined by Shefali Oza for the live BBC Midlands weather.

If you missed it and the Blooms for Bees interview on BBC Midlands news with Anton & Coventry University, then you can catch up here!

Coverage is from 00:50-01:05 & 22:46.
#bumblebees🐝 ... See more

The latest news, sport and weather for the Midlands.

Tune in to BBC Midlands at 6.30pm tonight to find out from our expert Anton & Coventry University how you can play a part in helping our #bumblebees 🐝 Blooms for Bees

Shefali Oza from BBC Midlands will also be hosting the weather live from our beautiful gardens! ... See more

The fantastic work of our Food Growing Schools project...

"This gardening experience has helped both us and our families" - instead of goal posts, this school has potatoes! 🍏🍓🥔🥕

Would you like to attract more #wildlife to your garden?

We have a few places remaining on our practical course this Thursday afternoon - Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden.

Come along and learn more about what you need to do to
make your garden or growing space as wildlife-friendly as possible. #wildlife #bees 🐝 #butterflies 🦋 #ladybirds🐞 #BeesNeeds

To avoid disappointment please book online or call us
on 02476 303517 ... See more

Our #volunteers have been busy this Monday morning harvesting #veg & #flowers from the Allotment Garden &
Keder Greenhouse.

Vibrant tomatoes, sweet redcurrants and colourful sweet peas are just some of the goodies we have in our wheelbarrow!

We'd love to know what you've been harvesting...
#mondaymotivation #organic #fruit #veg #flowers ... See more

We are delighted to have four organic gardens open to the public this year. Frank's Cottage, Knoll House, Laurel Villa and Alderley Edge will be opening throughout July & August in support of Garden Organic.😃
Visit our website for further details. ... See more

For this weeks #fridaytip we are in the #greenhouse!

Leave doors and vents open day and night for good ventilation to discourage disease build up.

Nip off and destroy any diseased leaves on sight. Avoid wetting leaves when watering, to prevent mould and other spores germinating.

If you find our information useful you could help us to continue providing this advice by donating just £2 to Garden Organic today. Please text TIPS17 £2 to 70070 to donate. Thank you 😃 #fridaytip #organicgardening ... See more

Your Organic Garden in July July is the month when all the hard work pays off. Herbs and flowers are fragrant, and the soil rich with your home made compost. After the rush of May and June growth, you can relax a little and enjoy the fruits of your labour. See below for advice on soil, vegetables, f... ... 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