Five Books I Highly Recommend & The Best-Selling Shrubs I've Just Bought For 2027
Becoming A Cut Flower GrowerShow Notes
Welcome to Friday 16 October 2026. I've had a really busy week off-field so I haven't got anything productive done but I have acquired a large volume of cardboard boxes, which are going to be laid over my beds this winter to protect the soil. I've also bought some more of my best-selling shrubs (and where I'm going to plant them) and I had a great polish hot dog (and that's not a euphemism). Tonight I'm talking about the Top 5 Books that I have found invaluable for learning more about m...
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Welcome to Tuesday 20 October 2026. It has rained pretty much non-stop all day today so I thought I'd get on with lots of things on my to-do list... and then spent all day faffing around and not finishing anything. On the plus side, I have been sowing more seeds in the greenhouse (including perennials) and I'll update you on exactly what in this episode. Then I'm talking you through my cost of production figures for my Agrostemma crop this year. It's amazing how much labour costs ...
Welcome to Tuesday 13 October 2026. Seed catalogues: they're here and they're fabulous! I get wildly excited at this time of year and I spent all weekend with a packet of post-it notes earmarking what annuals I'd like from the catalogues that have just arrived. Then I remembered that I'm actually only doing my Big Five next year, so I've had to hold myself back... In case you need a gentle reminder not to blow your budget in five minutes on pretty seeds, in this episode I'm talking abou...
Welcome to Friday 9 October 2026. We've had it all this week: rain, cold and wind, which is a reminder that autumn is well and truly here. It's been so warm and sunny that I'd almost forgotten that the cooler days were coming. I spent an afternoon with a local florist, Aly from Garden Room Flowers, in her beautiful studio (I had serious envy...) and we spent hours chatting about her work, what she's doing, marketing, the flowers and foliage she works with most often and how we can work ...
Welcome to Tuesday 6 October 2026. So much to tell you about in this episode including the start of my autumn seed sowing (finally...), plus some chicken news, a crushed CD, and a mystery turd on the field... I'm talking about how I've been sowing my hardy annuals this autumn including the new compost I'm using, the trays I prefer to use, and the sowing technique I've used this time - which is not my favourite one but I'll tell you why I've done it. I had the pleasure of being interview...
Welcome to Friday 2 October 2026. Where did September go...?!?!!? Join me on the field for today's episode where I'm struggling with some kind of nasty cold/flu. Before I got sick, I spent an afternoon this week learning how to make a fresh autumn wreath with my wedding & event florist (photos on my instagram, if you're interested in taking a look). I've been diving into my camera roll this week for photos and I shocked myself to discover just how much I'd achieved this summer. For ...