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Just look at all that gleaming, healthy beetroot at Frith Farm, on its way to be roasted and frozen ahead of Freedom FEASTival on Sunday September 3!

We'll be releasing some exciting FEASTival news this week, so keep your ears to the ground for details about how you can nominate someone for something very special... ... See more

Monday's Harvest... Have you ever seen a beet so big?
See you at the Annek shortly.

Delicious healthy recipe idea! The Rainbow chard we get from Frith Farm is amazing! ❤️💛💚💙💜

Brimming brilliant broccoli!

Another day on the farm brings new exciting produce. Broccoli well on its way.

- and a lovely photo of Ben.

Great produce reaching great places.

Superb produce from @frithfarming today locally grown chemical free zero food miles #rainbowchard #radish #heritagecarrots #gooseberries #lovesummer #food #cheflife #chefofinstagram #thewestwoodrestaurant #beverley #eastyorkshire ... See more

Just the finishing touches left for the Monday Box Scheme Harvest - Drop off Soon !
The first Fresh tomatoes will be on their way and we're keeping the tops on the beetroot.
Thank you for the support for local organic producers! ... See more

Box scheme ready for drop off point - the annex
See you all soon!
Don't forget your bag!

Cucumbers almost there x

Our top #fridaytip for the week is to clear away rotting or diseased leaves from the veg patch, especially from #lettuces and #brassicas. Much of it can be #composted.

As you lift your #veg, cover any bare areas of soil with a low nutrient mulch such as leaf mould, straw or dampened down newly-fallen leaves.

Don’t use your #compost yet – save it for early #spring. ... See more

We're also taking part in Heritage Open Days.
Pop along and take a walk through our gardens. You can even enjoy a lovely cuppa afterwards ☕️

Heritage Open Days 2017

Potentilla thurberi 'Monarch's Velvet' - scarlet cinquefoil is our #plant of the week. This #herbaceous #perennial flowers all summer. It enjoys full sun and poor to moderately fertile soil.
#plantoftheweek #Potentillathurberi #MonarchsVelvet ... See more

This fantastic picture of late-ripening blight resistant Salt Spring Sunrise tomatoes from our Heritage Seed Library was sent to us by Seed Guardian, Adam. As we continue to work on the 2019 #HSL seed list we'd love you to share any pictures of this year's HSL successes that you've still got growing on your veg plot... ... See more

We have two types of #Plantain for our #WeedyWednesday plant this week - Greater Plantain Plantago major & Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata.

Both are found in #lawns and paths, and both are #perennial weeds with strong roots. But did you know they are also a useful herb?

Greater Plantain: #Herbalists use the leaves to stem bleeding in small wounds, as well as to soothe insect bites and stings.

Ribwort Plantain: A #tea or #syrup from the leaves is used as a cough medicine. A poultice may also relieve stings and skin irritations.

#weedoftheweek #WeedyWednesday #GreaterPlantain #RibwortPlantain ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Plantain There are two plantains in the garden – the Ribwort and the Greater. Both are found in lawns and paths, and both are perennial weeds with strong roots. But did you know they are also a useful herb? In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How the... ... See more

The remainder of our 2017 #organic #gardening #courses are booking up fast. For information on all our upcoming courses, including our popular Introduction to Organic Veg Growing taking place on 14th September visit www.gardenorganic.org.uk/our-courses ... See more

Our Courses Filter Selection: All (Default) Ryton Events Open Gardens Local Events Courses Introduction to Seed Saving This introduces the basic principles of seed saving, including growing annual plants to seed, harvesting, drying, cleaning and storage. Crops will be looked at growing in-... ... See more

#simpleswitch No.1 - Buy peat free compost!

Peat comes from an ancient habitat, which would take 1000's of years to restore – something we can never do in our or our children’s lifetimes.

Extracting the peat destroys rare wildlife and their support systems. Always choose a compost which is ‘peat free’ and has the organic symbol.
#simpleswitch #ChooseOrganic #organicseptember ... See more

Our first #Fridaytip of the month is to remind you that there's still time to sow #winter #salad leaves, such as lambs lettuce, land cress and oriental leaves. Beware, #slugs are still active in warm, wet autumn nights - check your barriers and traps nightly.

Now is also a good time to order fresh garlic cloves and onion sets now, ready for winter #planting. #helloautumn #planningahead #fridaytip ... See more

Throughout this month we'll be supporting the Soil Association with #OrganicSeptember.

We know many of you would like to grow #organically but either don’t know where to start, or worry that you don’t have the time. That’s where we come in! We’re here to support your best intentions to grow #sustainably and #healthily.

During #OrganicSeptember we'll be sharing our simple switches to get you started on the organic way - which one by one, will build up your organic growing.

#simpleswitch #ChooseOrganic #organicseptember ... 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