Tomato heaven 🍅

New arrival 😊

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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

Join us next month to learn how to attract #wildlife such as #frogs, #hedgehogs, #ladybirds, #birds and #bees into your garden or allotment. Beneficial wildlife is such an important pest control tool for organic growers - you'll certainly be rewarded for any effort you put in.

Find out more about the course, or reserve your place via the link below. ... See more

If you're concerned about the use of #pesticides, including #neonics and the #herbicide #glyphosate, and want to add your voice to the fight we would urge you to join our ranks by becoming a member of Garden Organic. The more individuals we represent, the more sway we have with influencers and policy-makers. Now is a really important time for #organic growers, find out how to get involved here: http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/join-us ... See more

#Watering is important this month. Give your plants a good soak, in the soil not the leaves.
This is best done in the cool of the evening. Use rainwater to top up ponds; tap water can be too high in nutrients, encouraging algal growth.
And don’t forget to water your #compost heap! Moist conditions, not dry, help the rotting down process. #fridaytip ... See more

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 more

Full details of the latest study on #neonic #pesticide here.

The largest study to-date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes they harm honeybees and wild bees.

Short film from BBC News explaining the worries around #neonics...

the pesticides we use are harming these guys.

Here are a selection of images from yesterday's #wormery course!

Today's Wonderful Wormeries course is going really well. If you missed out, below are the details of our next few courses:
- Attracting Wildlife to your Garden - 20th July
- Growing Winter Veg - 3rd August (only a small number of places left)
- Cutting Edge Veg - 22nd August
- Introduction to Seed Saving - 7th September

Full details here: www.gardenorganic.org.uk/our-courses ... See more

Today's #mondaymotivation comes courtesy of the 'Georgia' squash flowers unfurling in the Kedar house - proof, should anyone still need it, that gardeners don't have to choose between a 'pretty' garden and a productive garden. ... See more

Would you like to make better use of your household kitchen and garden waste?

We can teach you all of the know-how on #composting, with our half day course coming up on 14th July.

You will cover the following core principles:
✔️ An introduction to basic #composting requirements
✔️ Learning about different types of #organic #compost systems
✔️ Methods of ‘pre-treatment’ and enclosed system
✔️ Investigating when the various methods of composting or
disposal may be suitable and practical to maintain

Places for this course are limited so you'll need to be quick! ... See more

Most compostable kitchen and garden waste can be processed through a traditional compost heap or a worm bin. However it may be preferable to use different techniques to recycle specific types of kitchen and garden ‘waste’ such as autumn leaves, woody prunings and hedge clippings, food waste such as… ... See more

David Coop: "It weighed a lovely 44kg, so we only just managed to lift it! As you can see, it made a truly impressive Halloween lantern, although it did take all night to carve it."

Jeremy Newson got 171lb with his and says "Hi Crew, here it goes—several photos to follow. Wonderful seed. Nearly 2 tons of squash and pkins off our patch. .. Our local hospice got £150 from guess the weight of the big pumpkin + £120 from the charity allotment jar." ... See more

Helen Pottinger broke her wheelbarrow 😮with her gaint pumpkin: "I planted one at my allotment and 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 but did get it into the boot of the car and then used a saw to cut it into quarters back at home. So far, it has made 7 batches of soup, 6 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin and parsnip casserole = delicious! The remainder has been distributed amongst friends and neighbours and was very gratefully received!" ... See more

Another good Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition entry - a very fine squash by Annie Sax:

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition - from Julie Bissell: "My Giant grew up to 48 inch circumference, 44kg of squash - the best photo I could get was of a Hokkaido squash next to it (my cats refused to pose for long enough!)" ... See more

We want to share some of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Competition entries. This is from Rich, who says: "here is a picture of my 6 foot son and a pumpkin we grew together "😁

Seeds! Lovely fresh seeds! Get your new season seeds now... We just wanted to let everyone know our new 2018 Real Seed Catalogue is online 🙂
There are a very few varieties still waiting to be tested but almost everything is packed now; we hope you enjoy it.
(Delivery times? We aim to get them out to you within a week of ordering, but we get really busy January-March, so if you wait til then it can take a little longer.)
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ ... See more

A catalogue of the very best vegetable seed for home gardeners, with interesting heirloom and heritage varieties. Guaranteed better flavour or your money back.

New season website almost finished - just a few things left working their way through drying and testing. In the meantime we've been harvesting yacon. The first few packs are available now, and we'll be packing up more this week.
http://realseeds.co.uk/unusualtubers.html ... See more

Last call for entries to our Giant Pumpkin photo competition! Send us a picture of your Pacific Giant grown from our seed; the winner will be the person with the most awesome photo, and the prize is £20 worth of seed of your choice. ... See more