Beautiful beets from Frith Farm!!!!

Exciting times!

Our 1st veg box collection will be ready a week tomorrow - for those of you already signed up, start getting excited!

For those of you who would still like to sign up, but haven't, we still have some veg box spaces available from 22nd July - get yourself signed up!

Benefits:
1. Chemical free
2. Hand picked on the same day
3. Grown for flavour - the FLAVOUR!!!!
4. Grown locally - support your local, small scale farm
5. Grown locally - trace-ability, low carbon footprint
6. need we say more?
7. OK then... top quality food, grown by people you'll meet
8. Get healthy

For more info visit our website www.frithfarming.com ... See more

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

Thompson 'helping' us plant out yacon - and our new Real Seeds t-shirts in action on the field.

Lovely trip at the weekend - talking about seeds at the River Cottage spring food fair, and fitting in a visit to Trill Farm Garden who grow some seed crops for us amongst their salads and other veggies.
The photos show Giant Limousin turnips setting seed in one of the Trill tunnels, Ohnivec chillies, and a view of Trill Farm Garden. ... See more

It arrived! Real Seeds' new seed threshing machine has been delivered from Italy 🙂

A nice picture of Manchester Table carrot in the tunnel, just starting to flower. These were grown last year, selected for size and shape, then replanted. Ready for harvest this summer, the seed will then be threshed, dried, tested and packed ready to grow next year. ... See more