Six-Month Review: Good Times, Disasters, Cornflower Overload, What I've Learnt, Drought, Heatwaves, It's Been Alot!
Hello. It's Friday 27 June 2025 and the mercury is rising once again. In this episode I talk about how the first six months of 2025 have been for me as a new cut flower grower and I hope you find it i...
27 Jun 202521min
Cut Flower Farm Tours, Pitching Flowers to a Pub, Storage After Cutting & Daffodil Plans for 2026
Hello and welcome to the latest episode: it's Tuesday 24 June 2025. The heatwave is over (thankfully) and now it's just annoyingly windy. First off, a clarification of my position on cut flower farm t...
24 Jun 202520min
I Just Sold my First Stems! Demystifying Pricing, Expert Dahlia Tips, Cornwall Grower Visit Report PLUS How to Choose Tulips
Heatwave! Good evening, it's Friday 20 June 2025 and it's very hot! Good news: I've just sold my first stems! I was beginning to wonder if this would ever happen and now it has. All the news about th...
20 Jun 202541min
Welcome Back, Sweetpea Mishaps, Stunted Growth, Plant Spacings, and Is It Bindweed or a Bean?
I'm back from my break and delighted to welcome you to the latest episode. It's Tuesday 17 June 2025 and it's been a super hot day. I was in Cornwall last week but I still have so much to share with y...
17 Jun 202523min
The Importance of Pinching Out, IBC dramas, Bouquet-Making Tutorials & Burnt Fish Fingers
Hello and a very warm welcome to this episode. It's Friday 6 June 2025 and I'm talking to you from the plot. I don't know where this week has gone: it's been busy. We had a whole day of rain which ha...
6 Jun 20258min
Rain, Pests Update, How I've Made my New Beds & What's Flowering Now
Good evening. It's Tuesday 3 June 2025 and I'm talking to you from the plot. We've had rain! Not enough by far but it's very welcome and the seedlings have really enjoyed it. The water levels in the ...
3 Jun 202514min
Dahlia Planting Challenges, It's All About Seasonality, Glyphosate Spillage Drama & Insta Envy (Again)
Hi! It's Friday 30 May 2025: welcome to today's episode! It's the end of another busy week and (finally!) the end of May, which I'm quite pleased about. Roll on, June! News from the plot includes the ...
30 Mai 202526min
Blackfly, High Winds, Not Enough Rain, Not Enough Time, Absolutely No Money & Lessons for Spring 2026
Hello. It's Wednesday 28 May 2025 and I'm very happy to welcome you to this episode. There's so much to share with you today including an update on my dahlias, what happened to the cornflowers and the...
28 Mai 202522min
