Veg growing week-by-week

Visit here for up-to-the-minute news posts about what’s growing and being harvested – RIGHT NOW –  in veg beds locally and around the UK. As a grower it’s important to get in tune with the seasons and to sow, plant and harvest at the right time, so here you’ll find the latest news from several of the UK’s best.

1) Frith Farm in Beverley, 2) Garden Organic in Coventry and 3) The Real Seed Company in Pembrokeshire. Click on the photos for more information, you do not need Facebook.

If you have a bumper harvest, maybe you’ll be able to pledge some of your harvest to to Freedom Feastival in September?

5 years ago

Phil jumping into a rhythm with the Broadfork!
Preparing a new bed for strawberries transplanting last year's runners.
So exited about these stawberries -
Its a crop that just keeps on giving!

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6 years ago
Frith Farm

26 week locally produced chemical free veg box
Medium box £10 p/w = £260 full payment
First box ready on the 26th June
Sign up on our website
Www.frithfarming.com
*workshare available* ... See more

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6 years ago
Timeline Photos

Few more box sign ups will help us invest in one more tool -
The power harrow allows us to prepare beds and improve soil structure
*Workshare for Monday/Tuesday available*
#bcs #powerharrow ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Our first direct sowing of the season with the jang seeder & first transplant with the paperpot transplanter
*Sign up for your box only few places left*
*Workshare available*
#organic ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Ostara - Spring equinox is here 🌱🌾🌷 First transplants & first new potatoes
Expect these beauties, plus much much more local goodness in our weekly boxes. Sign up now to secure your weekly ... See more

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6 years ago
WILD THING

AND THE WINNER IS.... Milly Rose👏! Please get in touch lovely yogi!
Everyone else deepest gratitude for spreading the word about our lovely retreat, we hope to see you there💕🧘‍♀️ ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Huge thanks to our workshare members who make our farm unique 🙏
We prepared our polytunnel & our N/S salad terrace beds
Only few places left if you want to be a part of our workshare opportunity - ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

Thanks to Conscious Creations for those magnificent oak handles!
Pure joy testing the wheel hoe, one of the most ergonomic tools I've ever used!
This investment will definitely cut the hours spent ... See more

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6 years ago
WILD THING

Pay as you like to CSA veg box members

Yoga retreat, 18th of May (full moon)

Like & share & tag 3 friends for a chance to win a free place on our Spring Yoga Day Retreat🌸🌱winner revealed on the 20th!!

Join Wild Thing ... See more

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6 years ago
Photos from Frith Farm's post

• Like & share & tag 3 friends chance to win a free place on our Spring Yoga Day Retreat

Join Wild Thing Yoga and Frith Farm on the 18th of May for our Spring Yoga Day Retreat. Through energising ... See more

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6 years ago
BBC Gardeners World

Don't forget to tune in tonight at 8.30pm for the first episode of BBC Gardeners World to kick of the new season.

We can't wait! 🌷🌼🌹🌻🌸

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6 years ago
Tywi Gateway Project

Join the Welsh Historic Gardens Trust and Adam Alexander - Seed Guardian and trustee for Garden Organic for his talk on the Heritage Seed Library.

Members and non-members welcome, booking is ... See more

Mae’n siwr y bydd hyn yn gyflwyniad hynod o ddiddorol gan Adam Alexander o’r Heritage Seed Library yn Garden Organic. I ddilyn, bydd Piers Lunt, Pen Garddwr Ymddiriedolaeth Drws i’r Dyffryn yn ... See more

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6 years ago
New organic farming rules adopted in the EU | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Good news! New organic farming rules adopted in the EU.

On 22 May, the Council of the EU adopted new rules on organic production and the labelling of organic products. After years of discussion and ... See more

New organic farming rules adopted in the EU On 22 May, the Council of the EU adopted new rules on organic production and the labelling of organic products.  After years of discussion and ... See more

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6 years ago

We hope you don’t have bank holiday Monday blues after all of the rain 🌧
The rest of the day looks set to be fair and warm.
What have you got in store for today?
#bankholidaymonday ... See more

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6 years ago

Net #strawberries to deter birds, once #fruits start swelling and ripening. Ensure netting is pegged down to prevent birds getting trapped or tangled up.
#fridaytip #softfruits #strawberries #toptip ... See more

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6 years ago
New organic farming rules adopted in the EU | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

Yesterday the Council of the EU adopted new rules on #organic production and the labelling of organic products. After years of discussion and clarification, the new rules aim to improve consumer ... See more

New organic farming rules adopted in the EU On 22 May, the Council of the EU adopted new rules on organic production and the labelling of organic products.  After years of discussion and ... See more

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6 years ago
Garden Organic

There's less than a month to go before the opening day of BBC Gardeners' World Live at the NECBirmingham from the 14th-17th June. Don't miss out, book your tickets right here for the garden show of ... See more

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6 years ago
New study reveals dangers of glyphosate toxicity | www.gardenorganic.org.uk

A new pilot study has revealed the health effects of #glyphosate on rats, even when dosed with the recommended safe limit per body weight. #glyphosate #research

New study reveals dangers of glyphosate toxicity A new pilot study from the Ramazzini Institute, Bologna University and the Italian National Health Institute, observed the health effects of ... See more

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6 years ago

Our Heritage Seed Library 'Commander" pea is looking magnificent in the polytunnel today. Dating from the early 1900s, this brown pea is excellent for cooking and drying. The striking flowers will be ... See more

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6 years ago

This year we are trialling some special edible varieties of #lupins for our members experiments. Our lupins are growing well after a few days of warm weather.

Here is #Dieta, a white-flowered ... See more

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7 years ago

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."

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7 years ago

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 ... See more

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7 years ago

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 ... See more

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7 years ago

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

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7 years ago

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 ... See more

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7 years ago

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 "😁

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7 years ago
Buy quality Vegetable Seeds - The Real Seed Catalogue UK.

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 ... 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.

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7 years ago

Apologies to everyone who couldn't order seed on Saturday. Sagepay - who process card payments for thousands of online stores including Real Seeds - had a wee bit of a computer meltdown and couldn't ... See more

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7 years ago
Photos from The Real Seed Collection's post

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 ... See more

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7 years ago

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 ... See more

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