Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBig Problem: The Greenfly Are Back, Ridiculously Wrong Plant Spacings, Dahlia Labelling Disaster & My First Florist Plot Visit
Episode 51
Hello and welcome! It's the evening of Friday 11 July 2025 and I'm recording from the plot so the audio quality is a little bit up and down. I hope i…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Heatwave No. 3 is Here, My Shower is Full of Annabelles, Difficult Growing Conditions Mean Difficult Choices & Why I Don't Want to Sell my Nigella
Episode 50
Hello and welcome to this episode. It's a hot Tuesday 8 July 2025.
I've been very busy on the field with dahlia staking (thanks to my birthday presen…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Selling Has Finally Started, Nigella Finally Flowering, Zinnias Driving Me Mad, No Rain Yet, and It's My Birthday!
Episode 49
Hello and welcome! It's Friday 4 July 2025 and it's my birthday! And Happy American Independence Day if you're celebrating that today!
I'm on a massiv…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Hot Flushes in a Heatwave (not fun!), New Gates, Prepping for a Wedding Order, Flower Hub News (it's very exciting!)
Episode 48
Hello. It's Tuesday 1 July 2025 and I'm sweltering, even at 8am.
Lots to tell you: we made some new gates to enter the plot over the weekend so that I…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Six-Month Review: Good Times, Disasters, Cornflower Overload, What I've Learnt, Drought, Heatwaves, It's Been Alot!
Episode 47
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 a…
1 year ago
Cut Flower Farm Tours, Pitching Flowers to a Pub, Storage After Cutting & Daffodil Plans for 2026
Episode 46
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…
1 year ago
I Just Sold my First Stems! Demystifying Pricing, Expert Dahlia Tips, Cornwall Grower Visit Report PLUS How to Choose Tulips
Episode 45
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…
1 year ago
Welcome Back, Sweetpea Mishaps, Stunted Growth, Plant Spacings, and Is It Bindweed or a Bean?
Episode 44
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 …
1 year ago
The Importance of Pinching Out, IBC dramas, Bouquet-Making Tutorials & Burnt Fish Fingers
Episode 43
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: i…
1 year ago
Rain, Pests Update, How I've Made my New Beds & What's Flowering Now
Episode 42
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 seedling…
1 year ago