Dahlia Tips & Techniques from a Pro Exhibitor for Waking, Dividing, Taking Cuttings & Sowing Dahlia Seeds
It's Friday 4 April 2025 and if you're a dahlia-fan then this is the episode for you. Join me as I share everything I learnt this beautifully sunny morning from my dahlia mentor, Richard Bailey, inclu...
4 Apr 202523min
Basking in Sunshine, Bed-making, Turning Compost & Making a Planting Plan for my Cut Flowers
There's a lot going on at the moment! Join me on the plot in the fabulous sunshine today, Tuesday 1 April (how is it April already???) as I update you on what I've been upto, including seed sowing, mo...
1 Apr 202519min
An Epiphany! Shrinkage! Pricing Disasters! Profit Margins! Production Costs! It's All Here.
I've had an epiphany! I've been listening to a new podcast and it's made me think really hard about the "business" side of what I'm doing so I have paused with the seed sowing for a moment to give thi...
27 Mar 202528min
It's Time to Wake the Dahlias & The Ultimate FREE Liquid Fertiliser
It's a beautiful week and I've been busy. It's a bit overwhelming at times: I feel like I have so many things to do all at the same time and sometimes it's hard to work out what I should be doing firs...
26 Mar 202522min
Q&A Session with the CEO (that's me). And I Talk About Profitability, which is Very Important.
What a gorgeous week: it's been very warm and sunny in the last couple of days, which has made me feel very excited about spring. And also slightly overwhelmed. I look at my seed trays and simultaneou...
20 Mar 202519min
We Have Germination! And Backup Plans: I Need One. Do YOU Have One?
It's been a really busy few days: some of the new seeds that were sown last week have germinated, the new beds have been marked out with string, a whole new planting area has been created, I finally f...
18 Mar 202518min
Scabious: Focal or Filler? Or Both?! More Seed Sowing. And Quiche!
I went to the garden centre just to buy a ball of string to finish marking out the new cut flower beds and came home with some lovely new flowers seeds! In this first part of this episode I'm back in ...
13 Mar 202528min
Join Me in the Greenhouse as I'm Doing Some Things Differently This Year
It's Tuesday 10 March 2025 and I'm in the greenhouse this afternoon, sowing more cut flower seeds. Come and join me as I'm sowing Achillea, Cephalaria, Centaurea, Crespedia, Zinnia and Orlaya. It's mu...
11 Mar 202533min
