Tips for Surviving a Rainy November Day, How I'm Deciding Which Roses To Buy & My New Course Just Started!
Hello, welcome to a very wet Friday 14 November 2025. I've just taken part in the first online 'welcome' meeting for the new course I've just enrolled on with Jenny Marks of Trademark Farmer and it w...
14 Nov 202521min
A Unicorn Visits, More Shrub Planting, Tulips Ordered (Finally!) & I've Just Enrolled On A Proper Flower Farming Course
Hello and welcome to 11 November 2025. There's so much to tell you about in this episode! Life in the cut flower field has been busy: my young cockerel, Lion, finally has his own enclosure and a wife...
11 Nov 202526min
Mistakes! I've Made A Few! Here Are My Top 10 Mistakes When Transitioning from Gardening to Growing Cut Flowers
Hello. It's Friday 7 November 2025. Welcome to tonight's episode. Tonight it's all about mistakes I've made in 2025 because I've been thinking like a gardener rather than a cut flower grower. I have t...
7 Nov 202528min
Establishing A Proper Foliage Bed, Digging Up Dahlias & Intercropping To Maximise Space
Hello. It's Tuesday 4 November 2025. Welcome to the latest episode. Another busy week: lots of planting new plants, particularly foliage in my new dedicated foliage bed, lifting and dividing of perenn...
4 Nov 202519min
Roselilies, Learning From Expert Growers & Growing Enough But Not Too Much: It's A (Very) Fine Line
Hello and welcome, it's Friday 31 October 2025. Happy Halloween (if you're celebrating it). Lots to tell you: today I bumped into my fabulous dahlia mentor, Richard Bailey, and he has lots of dahlia t...
31 Okt 202522min
Shop Til You Drop: More New Shrubs - What/Why/Prices & How Sales Channels Influence Decisions
Hello, it's Tuesday 28 October 2025. Welcome to the latest episode :-) The clocks have just gone back which means shorter days and longer evenings: it's a great opportunity for plenty of studying in t...
28 Okt 202520min
Mixed Bouquet Recipes: I Have A New Spreadsheet For This, The Reliability of Perennials & Growing Cornflowers in 2026
Hello and welcome to a slightly rainy Friday 24 October 2025. Straight into it tonight: let's talk about bouquet recipes. What are the categories of flower type and what months of the year am I growi...
24 Okt 202521min
Buying Peonies From A Fellow Grower, Bed 4 Prep Is Finished & Retail Sales: How Does It Work?
Hello and welcome to Tuesday 21 October 2025. Lots has happened and there is so much to tell you. I went to a fantastic peony sale held by a local cut flower grower on Saturday and picked up three ne...
21 Okt 202527min
