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Fresh, Local, seasonal, ethically and ecologically grown Fruits, Vegetables and Wholefoods delivered Welcome to Oxtons. All with out having to leave your home.

Located on a 12 acre small-holding nestled amongst the green fertile fields of the Vale of Evesham, Oxton Organics has been providing our local community with the finest home grown organic fruits and vegetables for more than 24 years. Everything that we grow is grown with love, respect and care for the land, the planet and the community. Thats why you can be sure that when you order from Oxtons yo

u are not only buying delicious organic produce, you are also helping to build a truly sustainable future. We believe that small scale, local, agro-ecological farming is the only way to meet the needs of the future and provide true food security for future generations. We don’t believe in merely exploiting the land to meet our needs, but in enriching and fostering the land so that all its human and non-human inhabitants can benefit. We combine the wealth of knowledge and experience gathered during 30 years of organic growing, with the inspiration and ideas of emerging movements such as Permaculture and Agro-forestry, to produce truly organic, truly sustainable produce. In order to bring our produce to our local community we run a vegetable box scheme. That means we deliver a box of delicious produce your door every week (in our zero emissions electric van!). Freshly picked seasonal fruits and vegetables from our land are supplemented with produce from our trusted wholesalers, along side a wide range of ethically sourced whole foods supplied by Essential Workers co-operative. Boxes come in two forms; Standard boxes & eBoxes. When you register for standard box we pack a selection of the best seasonal produce for you, taking all your likes and dislikes into consideration. Alternatively, if you like things more your own way then you can order an eBox, and select exactly what you want from the products listed on the website. If you are interested in registering for a box then please visit the website; Oxtonorganics.co.uk or give us a call on 01386 860 477

10/06/2026

Oh the joy of a well hoed bean patch, we will make the most of moist soil after tomorrow’s rain to get the cover crop and canes in.
Crops are steaming away now, and the market garden looks beautiful if rather w**dy in places.
Beds of diverse populations of lettuce adding to the beauty. These lettuce are from seed we saved last year. This fun project we grew as part of the Gaia seed breeders network.
I don’t like having covers on the crops and can’t wait to get them off. We have to put them on when we under sow cover crops, otherwise our resident pigeons eat most of the seed.

28/05/2026

Well that’s the squash and bean patch inoculated and planted, the last of last year’s squash roasted, block E hoed and under-sowed, veg boxes delivered.
Yet there is still so much to do. These little shallots (pic5&6) are growing in the most fungal rich soil I can imagine, but if we miss next weeks opportunity to w**d them we will probably lose the crop. So here’s a shout out, if you fancy volunteering for a morning in the beautiful outdoors with your hands in some wonderful soil next Monday or Thursday morning reach out, we could do with the help

23/05/2026

Planting, hoeing and undersowing season is in full swing.
Also trying to fit in spraying compost extract and w**d ferments when planting or cultivating, especially if there is couch. As the soil gets spongy it is so noticeable when you come to a couch patch how much harder the ground is.

08/05/2026

How would we cope without protective cropping. Won’t be long before we are picking the first vegetable fruits of the season. Flowers on the French beans, peas and broadbeans growing fast, peppers aubergines and tomatoes planted and growing well.
All these crops are from home saved seed, which makes them very dear to our hearts.

07/05/2026

Tunnel peas in flower.
Outdoor peas are also growing well. The soil is beautifully soft and well aggregated. Before planting we shallow harrowed, the soil felt solid and compact so we broad forked spraying compost extract and plant ferment down the holes.
It feels like this worked to bring life back into the deeper soil profile. The past few springs early crops have really struggled to get going.
The very wet mild winters we are experiencing causes a lot of compaction over winter, on the farm the water table can be a mere 20-30cm below surface. Opening up slots and spraying inoculants to restore life in spring is how we have attempted to reverse the damage very wet winters are causing. Broadforking the market garden is to labour intensive, so we have been using a pasture aerator/slitter and sprayer.

16/04/2026

Watching the sheep whilst foliar spraying the cover crops today I felt huge gratitude for my little flock.
The foliar spray was biofertiliser made by fermenting sheep manure and rumen. Also suint - liquid left from fermenting fleece to clean it.
The sheep had grazed this patch in the autumn eating the chickw**d that was over powering the young cover crop.
The two ewes lying together with their lambs are mother and daughter, Dazzler the mother and grandmother has taught me so much and put up with me well.
I am very privileged to live with enough land to keep a small flock.
We foliar feed the cover crops to boost health and microbial life, the healthier the cover crop the more root exudates they pass down to feed microbes. So in a few weeks time when the cover crops are tilled the soil should be better aggregated, boosted by microbial life, thanks sheep.

14/04/2026

Flachënrotte - a technic developed in Germany and the Netherlands. Shallow cultivation with the aid of microbes to boost soil life and develop deep aggregation.
We’ve tried it in the tunnels and are very happy with how well aggregated and soft the soil has become, with crops looking healthy.
The spray tank has a mix of compost extract, sugar, and plant ferment. This was sprayed onto the cover crop before mowing, also before rotovating. Cultivation was around 2cm which chopped off the grasses just under soil level so they should die off. We needed a second pass a little deeper to get a 50:50 mix of soil and plant material.
In a week or so the plant material should be mostly decomposed and the soil well aggregated ready for drilling & planting.
Travelling fast when cultivating our short beds is challenging. This is necessary to reduce the rotovator blades hitting the same patch of soil more than once snd creating a pan.

12/04/2026

Dazzler started the day watching the others grazing off the brassica patch and eating all the dandelion flowers the sheep’s favourite job afar, a sure sign she’d lamb today.
A few hours later these two beautiful lambs were born. I usual leave well alone when the ewes are lambing, couldn’t resist going to say hello to these two today, Dazzler being very late and the lovely old matriarch of the flock.
One left to lamb, it has been a stung out lambing this year. Fortunately it has been very chilled, healthy good sized lambs and no birthing issues.

10/04/2026

One week after planting these lettuce are rooting and growing beautifully. Last week this lettuce was in a small 216 module, leaves and roots have grown so much.
We are preparing beds a little differently this year and it seems to be having a positive effect. Spring planted crops are looking very healthy and growing well.
We are still terminating crops by mowing and hoeing. The difference is we are spraying plant ferment and compost extract onto the crop before mowing. Then hoeing in a choppy action to mix more soil with the plant material, this encourages more microbial activity.
We are also making vertical holes with a fork to help get air deeper into the soil profile and spraying the inoculant down these holes to further boost microbial life.

07/04/2026

Not long till we are immersed in the succulent taste of spring, turnips, sugar snap peas, radish, spring onions, and napa cabbage all doing well in this tunnel.
I love this time of year when the standard box menu gets so varied with delicious treats to soften the loss of winter flavours.
Eating seasonally is good for the body and planet.
Veg boxes delivered locally around Pershore, Evesham, and Worcester.

Address

Broadway Lane, Fladbury
Pershore
WR102QF

Telephone

+441386860477

Website

http://oxtonorganics.co.uk/

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