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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 hiccups getting the dahlias in the ground, a couple of zinnias damping off, cornflower staking experiments and another lack-of-water issue. I also managed to spill lots of Roundup in the back of my car which has been a pain to sort out: I'm 100% chemical free (and always have been) and was doing a favour for someone in transporting it. Big mistake! Huge! Roundup (glyphosate) is a herbicide and it's non-selective which means it kills everything it comes in contact with so I had a proper dilemma trying to work out how to sort it out. 

I share more thoughts on not having anything ready to sell at the moment and I keep telling myself that it's ok. And it is ok! I always said I would grow seasonally and I need to keep reminding myself of this. I don't want to use a heated greenhouse or a polytunnel with the aim of forcing things to be ready before they naturally are. Finally, some thoughts on why my dog does not look like other growers' dogs on their instagram.

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In this episode, join me for updates on my cut flower seedlings.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ Why it's taking me so long to plant my dahlias out  

✅ How I'm changing my plant spacings for my successional cornflowers

✅ Dilemma: how to safely get rid of a Roundup (glyphosate) spillage

✅ Who attacked Goose: the security camera reveals all 

✅ Nothing for sale? Why it's time to stop beating myself up about this 

✅ Seasonal means seasonal: it will be ready when it's ready!

✅ Insta envy: why are other people's dogs so well behaved (and mine isn't)?

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