Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDahlias: Re-Staking & Thwarting Earwigs, Blush Flowers Needed, Dynamic Pricing, and How Intention & Values Shape Growing
Episode 54
Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 22 July 2025 and I've had to put a jumper on this evening for the first time in months.
So much to tell you about thi…
1 year ago
I Have Dahlias Flowering (At Last), Lots of Cutting for Weddings, Unwelcome Earwigs, and Rain Arrives At Last (Phew)
Episode 53
Hello and welcome to warm evening on Friday 18 July 2025.
Tonight I'm sharing all my news about cutting and selling my flowers: this week I've been cu…
1 year ago
Pricing: I Don't Know What I'm Doing, Oversharing (Am I?), & Challenges When Prepping For Upcoming Weddings
Episode 52
Hello and welcome to a windy and cloudy Tuesday 15 July 2025.
Today's episode includes a chat about the challenges of prepping for supplying the weddi…
1 year ago
Big 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month ago