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!

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*
(Volunteer Mon/wed 10am-2pm
3.5 hr p/w exchange for M veg box) ... See more

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 #marketgarden #bedprep #workshare #volunteer #seasonalveg #csa #vegbox #localfarm #localfood ... See more

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 #workshare
#outdoors #volunteer #noncertifiedorganic #chard #jang #jangseeder #paperpottransplanter #paperpot #marketgarden #spring #csa #vegbox #beverley #hull #absolutelycultured #soil #notill #nodig #localfarm ... See more

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 veggies, places filling up fast! 🥦🥗🥒🥕
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#paperpot #planting #spring #ostara springequanox #workshare #localvegbox #localproduce #beverley #smallscalefarming .
#csa #localproduce #comunityfarm #foodie #hull #beverley #finedinfinebingg ... See more

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💕🧘‍♀️
Please do keep sharing with those you think might enjoy!
Love and light from Wild Thing & Frith 🙏 ... See more

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 - so contact us if you 're interested 🌱 ... See more

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 weeding on our hands and knees.
The oscillating hoe is in contact with the soil and slices the weeds just below the surface-causing minimal soil disturbance and eradication of weeds. Conscious Creations
#marketgarden #permaculture
#localfarm #smallscalefarming #csa #vegbox #growing #notill #nodig #bev #hull #health ... See more

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 Yoga🧘‍♀️ and Frith Farm 🥗on the 18th of May for our Spring Yoga Day Retreat. Through energising yoga, meditation and mindfulness we plant seeds of growth with strong use of Sankalpa (this setting of intention).🤸‍♂️

Through our practice we will connect to the season of spring, the land and ourselves. Please see the proposed schedule bellow all themed around the fertility of the land, re-growth, reawakening, blossoming into our potential, Mother Nature, physical vitality and the Goddess Maia.

Goddess Maia symbolises growth, fertility and wishes and is associated with knots, twists and braids, so expect an offering of lovingly made plaited bread and deep purifying twists and binds in yoga!

18 th may
10 am Welcome, herbal tea from Frith around the fire🍵
10 30 am Energising spring time yoga flow🤸‍♀️
11 30 am Guided meditation🙏
12 00pm Tour of farm & pick ingredients
12 30 pm Bring and share vegetarian lunch including an offering from Frith and plaited bread 🍆🥦🥒🥬🍓
1 30 pm Mindfulness nature walk 🌳
2 30 pm Tea🍵
3 00 pm Yin Yoga🧘‍♂️
4 00 pm Yoga nidra💤
4 30 pm Fire & cacao & full moon☕🌕🔥

Financial exchange of £40
Limited Places.
All bodies, genders, experience levels & preconceptions welcome here. Everybody is a yoga body 🙌
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• 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 yoga, meditation and mindfulness we plant seeds of growth with strong use of Sankalpa (this setting of intention).

Through our practice we will connect to the season of spring, the land and ourselves. Please see the proposed schedule bellow all themed around the fertility of the land, re-growth, reawakening, blossoming into our potential, Mother Nature, physical vitality and the Goddess Maia.

Goddess Maia symbolises growth, fertility and wishes and is associated with knots, twists and braids, so expect an offering of lovingly made plaited bread and deep purifying twists and binds in yoga!

18 th may
10 am Welcome, herbal tea from Frith around the fire
10 30 am Energising spring time yoga flow
11 30 am Guided meditation
12 00pm Tour of farm & pick ingredients
12 30 pm Bring and share vegetarian lunch including an offering from Frith and plaited bread
1 30 pm Mindfulness nature walk
2 30 pm Tea
3 00 pm Yin Yoga
4 00 pm Yoga nidra
4 30 pm Fire & cacao & full moon

Financial exchange of £40
Limited Places, all abilities welcome
Contact 07903608466

#retreat #yoga #beverley #hull #seasons #fire #local #food #smallfarm #mindfulness #event #fullmoon #spring @ Frith Farm ... See more

The Great British Bee count is back! 🐝🐝🐝🐝

Join the bee survey from 18th May - 30th June, and discover how to help bumblebees and solitary bees this summer.

Record any bees you see, and send the results to Friends of the Earth. Join the survey via the website and download the app to help you identify and record different species.
#greatbritishbeecount #bees #bumblebees ... See more

Help bees this summer.

#Monday is a day of new beginnings!

If you're looking to learn how to grow healthy #blooms and gain new ideas for your garden to enjoy throughout the seasons then you'll want to join our #Organic #Ornamentals evening course.

We will teach you where and how to grow your flowers, plus how they can be an essential part of your organic growing.

Join us on the 14th #June - places are limited so please book as soon as you can!
#mondaymotvation #organic #beautifulblooms #ornamentals ... See more

Organic ornamentals at: Ryton Organic Gardenson: Thursday, 14 June 2018 - 6:00pm to 9:00pmFlowers are often referred to as ‘ornamentals’. But they don’t just look good, they can be an essential part of your organic growing. Flowers attract pollinators such as bees, they can be used in compan..... ... See more

Join us in congratulating all elected London councillors and thank you to all candidates and councillors who pledged to make London the first UK pesticide-free city!

Pea varieties 'Radio', 'Sutton's Earliest Blue' and 'Twelve Acre" are all being grown for assessment this year. If they do well we will conserve them in the Heritage Seed Library and grow more seed so that you can enjoy them too. bit.ly/2HCcjwG
#heritage #seeds #organic #pea #newvarieties ... See more

This is the month to start sowing out of doors.
Get inspired with our 'What to Sow and Plant in May'.

Prepare your beds so they are down to a fine surface tilth, removing large lumps by working compost down into the soil and getting rid of stones etc. But wait to sow until the soil feels warm.
#fridaytip #seedsowing #May #planting #organic ... See more

What to sow and plant in May The information on sowing and planting given here is for everyone from the south of England to the north of Scotland. For more information on growing each type of vegetable refer to our comprehensive list of Growing Cards and our Sowing New Seeds project resources page..... ... See more

GREAT NEWS: A big thank you to our supporters for joining us in our campaign to make London the first city to go pesticide-free! Almost 400 election candidates signed our pledge, with 139 of those subsequently elected! We now have councillors interested in moving forward with finding alternatives to hazardous chemicals in our public spaces in 50% of London's boroughs! This process will take time, but we are confident that with your continued support we will follow other major cities around the world who have already taken these steps to protect the health of their citizens and urban wildlife. ... See more

Join us for four fantastic days at BBC Gardeners' World Live, from 14th-17th June, at NECBirmingham

Book your tickets today https://bit.ly/2rxQjN1 and come along to meet the Garden Organic team at stand G412. We'll be on hand to provide you with information, inspiration & guidance, plus much more on all things #organic

They'll also be an opportunity to chat to Chris Collins and see him live on stage. #BBCGWLive 2018 is an event not to be missed!
#BBCGWLive #organicgardening #inspiration ... See more

Making and using compost is the cornerstone of gardening, especially organic gardening. The finished product is rich, dark, crumbly and sweet-smelling.

It's often considered to be complex process making compost but all you need to do is provide the right ingredients and let nature do the rest - however, a little know-how will help you make better compost, more efficiently.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #ICAW #organic #compost ... See more

Home Composting Making and using compost is the cornerstone of gardening, especially organic gardening. The finished product is rich, dark, crumbly and sweet-smelling. It is made of recycled garden and kitchen waste, and can also include paper products. It is used to feed and condition the soil and.... ... See more

Congratulations and thanks!

Thank you to all those who emailed #Defra as part of the food and farming consultation, post Brexit.

With your voices we managed to get the message across that omitting 'organic' from their proposals for the future of British farming was a serious oversight. ... See more

Congratulations - and thanks! Thank you to all those who emailed Defra as part of the food and farming consultation, post Brexit. With your voices we managed to get the message across that omitting 'organic' from their proposals for the future of British farming was a serious oversight.We know tha.... ... See more

We're ditching the bag this week for #ICAW and opting for a completely #compostable cuppa! ☕

Take a look at our research and try going bag free for the whole week with us.

We'll be sharing our updates and reviews so make sure you tag us into your morning brew and #ditchthebag

#internationalcompostawarenessweek #compostablecuppa #noplastic #tea #teabags #environment ... See more

Ditch the bag this International Compost Awareness Week This International Compost Awareness Week (6-12 May), why not celebrate with a completely compostable cuppa?As we revealed last month, most tea bags have traces of plastic in them. This makes them unsuitable for your compost heap, as the plast.... ... 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