Welcome to Tuston Market Garden

At Tuston Market Garden we are transforming an 8 acre arable field into a brand new, organically certified, Market Garden. Our aim is to supply freshly grown produce locally, through our veg box scheme, farmers markets, directly to food businesses and through farm shops. We have a variety of vegetables growing such as spinach, tomatoes, peas, beans, peppers and beetroot.

Open Day – 17th July 2021 11am – 3pm

Come and see round your local Organic Market Garden
A lovely walk/cycle from Tarrington – HR8 2RT
Tea/Cake available for donations to Alzheimer’s Society
Subject to the latest Covid restrictions

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Our entry into @visit_herefordshire #goldenhourinh

Our entry into @visit_herefordshire #goldenhourinherefordshire photo competition.

I love this time of year when opening and closing the polytunnels is so important to try and keep some of the summer warmth in the soil (to ripen those delicious tomatoes) while maintaining enough ventilation.

#visitherefordshire #visithereford #herefordfoodie #herefordshirefood #herefordshireharvest #herefordshireproduce #herefordfood #ledburyfoodgroup #organicseptember #marketgarden #localfood

First delivery to @potandpage a lovely new cafe in

First delivery to @potandpage a lovely new cafe in Ledbury. Pop in this weekend to see what they do with these colourful organic veg!

#newcafe#freshingredients #businessessupportingbusinesses #ledbury #ledburyfoodgroup #ledburyfood

*Organic September* A great way to #chooseorganic

*Organic September*
A great way to #chooseorganic is to visit your local #farmersmarket I'm at @localtoludlow in the market place just below @ludlowcastlevenue today and every 2nd and 4th Thursday. And I'll be at @temevalley on Sunday and every 2nd Sunday. Come and chat organic veg!

#organicseptember #producersmarket

*Organic September* Salad sowing. Today I sowed so

*Organic September*
Salad sowing. Today I sowed some lettuce and brassica salads ready to go in the polytunnel this Autumn. I sow the lettuce into a seed tray and then leave it in the dark at the constant lowish temperature of the pack house to germinate, once they appear I'll move them to the polytunnel and then prick them out into modules before they are planted out.
As we are certified organic we source organic seed - the company's we use most are @tamarorganics and @theseedcooperative.

#organicseptember #organicseeds #organic #seedsowing #germination #lettuce #seed #sowing

*Organic September* Woodchip! We are enjoying usin

*Organic September*
Woodchip! We are enjoying using woodchip on some of our paths and adding it to our compost, we'd also love to spread it on green manures (when we get round to sowing them) as it gets broken down to increase the soil organic matter.

Currently we get what we can from passing tree surgeons but we'd love to use more so we planted a willow coppice last winter and will do more this year. It's grown well despite a bit of grazing from deer/muntjac and now its established should shoot up next year.

Willow is great for ramial woodchip as it is so quick growing and has lots of small stems so a high ratio of cambium (nitrogen) to cellulose (carbon). Also the high levels of salicylic acid is thought to protect against scab on apples (@soilassociation are doing a field lab on it)

#organicseptember #soilassociation #organic #soilhealth #woodchipforsoilhealth #woodchip #agroforestry #agroecology #willow #willowwoodchip #treesurgeon #forestry

*Organic September* On the farm we have lots of di

*Organic September*
On the farm we have lots of different types of wildlife including these Grass Snakes seen over the last few weeks.

The big one was under a piece of black plastic we were using to kill the weeds and the little ones had just hatched from eggs in the compost heap. We are really pleased they have returned to the field and although we are not creating habitats specially for them, by creating a diverse landscape they are obviously enjoying themselves. Apparently they eat frogs and toads (and hopefully voles and mice) so that must mean we have a good population of those too.

#organicseptember #biodiversity #wildlife #grasssnake #organic #organicpestcontrol

*Organic September* Tuston Farm is made up of one

*Organic September*

Tuston Farm is made up of one 8 acre field, which was used for conventional arable until we took it on 2.5 years ago and entered into Organic Conversion.

We have created 0.3 acres of no-dig market garden beds with more planned for next year, erected 2 Polytunnels, planted fruit trees as Agroforestry dividers, planted 2 acres of woodland, planted a willow coppice for woodchip, managed an area as a meadow, left some to re-wild, and left some for possible expansion of veg growing... quite a lot to fit into one field!

I'll explain more about each area as the month goes on!

#OrganicSeptember #organic #organicconversion #soilassociation #agroforestry #woodchipforsoilhealth #marketgarden #neworganicfarm #mixedfarm #biodiversity

So this month is #organicseptember so I am going t

So this month is #organicseptember so I am going to try and post a bit each day about what we do and why it's organic.

First up its me (Alice) I got into growing through doing an @soilassociation apprenticeship and working on 2 certified organic farms in Herefordshire. I don't have any experience of growing non-organically so just assumed we would when we came to Tuston Farm. It's sometimes a challenge (I'll tell you more another time) but I wouldn't do it any other way. Working with wildlife and the soil rather than against it just makes sense to me.

#OrganicSeptember #organic #howigotintogrowing #futuregrowers #soilassociation #marketgarden #orgaincfarm #organicmarketgarden #organicgrower #growingfood #growingwildlife

Brighten up this dull day with all the colours @lo

Brighten up this dull day with all the colours @localtoludlow produce market! We will be here until 2pm.
#ludlowmarket #ludlowfood #ludlow #farmersmarket #herefordshirefood

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