Rain Stops Play, Shattering Dahlias, Learning Where I'm Going Wrong & the Fabulous Flower Festival
Hello and welcome! It's a wet Friday 29 August 2025. Good news: my electrics are fixed, yippee! We've had a lot of rain this week which has caused some issues on the plot by flattening things and adve...
29 Aug 202514min
Selling Restarts, How To Pronounce 'Dahlia' & Plant Spacings: How Many per Square Metre?
Hello and welcome! It's a warm evening on Tuesday 26 August 2025. Tonight I share with you all the latest news from my plot and also talk through the seeds I've just received for 2026 including stunni...
26 Aug 202522min
Let the Hens Out WIth Me, De-Mystifying Cool-Season Annuals & Prepping for Multiple Orders Next Week
Hello and welcome to today's episode: it's Saturday 23 August 2025 (not the 22nd like I say on the podcast). Join me on on the plot this morning as we let the chickens and ducks out together. It's bee...
23 Aug 202520min
Eye-Opening Flower Farming Books, Fence Panels are Up, Electrical Problems & Enormous Dahlias
Hello and welcome to today's episode: it's Tuesday 19 August 2025. Lots of successes over the weekend: the fat hose worked brilliantly to transfer water from the back of the van to IBC1; the fence pan...
19 Aug 202523min
It's Time to Learn Some Business Skills, Fat Hose, Press Releases & My Top Tips for Setting Out a Cut Flower Plot
Hello and welcome to tonight's episode on Friday 15 August 2025. Lots to tell you! No more navel gazing about how badly I feel I'm doing! This week I was sent a message by a very kind listener from th...
15 Aug 202532min
Heatwave Hell (Again), Doubts About Everything, The Key Colours I'm Growing in 2026 & Being Brave
Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 11 August 2025 and it's really hot (yet again). We're in the midst of heatwave no. 4 right now and so I've been busy watering and mulching with bark to keep the moistur...
12 Aug 202521min
Made It Through Another Week, Dahlia Dis-Budding, Emergency Staking & Bracing for (Yet) Another Heatwave
Hello, it's Friday 8 August 2025. You're joining me for this episode on the plot: it's a truly beautiful evening and at one point a bat actually flies right over my head. This week has been good in te...
8 Aug 202516min
Visiting a Fellow Grower, How My Availability List Works, Pumping Water & Shirley's Babies Have Arrived!
Hello and welcome to a warm and sunny Tuesday 5 August 2025. I'm back to cheerful business this week. However, apologies for my voice on this episode: I have got a cold at the moment. I've topped up ...
5 Aug 202522min
