Becoming a Cut Flower Grower
By Lydia Watson
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Becoming a Cut Flower Grower is a raw and honest podcast about growing and selling cut flowers and the realities of what it really takes to build a cut flower business from the ground up.
Hosted by a working cut flower grower, the podcast combines practical insight with thoughtful reflections on the decisions, trade-offs, and rhythms of the work — from production and selling, to confidence, sustainability, and shaping an off-grid business on a tight budget.
Episodes will be useful whether you’re starting out with cut flowers, developing a small-scale flower business, or simply interested in the craft, economics, and rhythm of growing cut flowers for sale.
With twice-weekly episodes, this podcast is an intelligent, steady companion for anyone curious to know what growing and selling cut flowers with intention and care really looks and feels like.
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Bit Of A Rant About The Rubbish Week I've Had, Stems I Sold This Week, Plus Plant Profile Of The Week: Astrantia
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Benefits of Mulching, Interplanting, Removing Poor Crops Early & How I Started
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Dahlia Planting, "Cock Swap", Greenhouse in Action & Plant Profile: The Petrol Station Carnation
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Florist Interview Part 2: What Florists Really Want From Growers, Heatwave Aftermath & Lots Of New Plugs
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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What Florists Really Want From Growers: An Insightful Interview With My Wedding & Event Florist (Part 1)
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May 29, 2026 |
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Heatwave Arrives: Why I'm Not Selling During It, Join Me On A Field Tour & What I Do With Stems I Don't Sell
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May 26, 2026 |
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Heatwave Incoming, Another Clarkia Mishap, My Watering Strategy, Plus Plant Profile: Clarkia
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May 22, 2026 |
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I Finally Have A Larkspur Seedling! Soil Blocks vs Chicken Thigh Trays Seedling Size Comparison, Chelsea FOMO & What's Flowering Now
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May 19, 2026 |
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Getting Comfortable With "No", Crazy Weather, Mass Seed Sowing & Plant Profile: Foxgloves
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May 15, 2026 |
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Brrrrrr, It's Cold: Frost & Slow Growth in May & Goal Setting: How Important Is It Anyway?
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May 12, 2026 |
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How To Survive (And Stay Sane) If You're Growing Solo, Plus News From The Field & Greenhouse
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May 08, 2026 |
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First Lot Of Hardy Annuals Planted Out, Proper Staking Is Happening, Germination Stopped In The Heat - Will It Restart?
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May 05, 2026 |
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I've Got The Mother Of All Colds, Larkspur Hints & Tips, New Lily Bulbs Arrive & Plant Profile: Rose Lilies
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May 01, 2026 |
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Do I Have Enough Space for 2,500 Annuals? My New Sunflower Varieties For 2026 & Site Visit From Flower Hub Owner
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Dahlia Shoots Have Appeared! The Seedlings Doing Well (And Not So Well), Is It Too Late To Start Sowing & Plant Profile: Helianthus
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Come On A Sunset Tour Of The Plot With Me, Sweetpeas Are Planted Out & Rabbit Drama
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Epic Strimming Mishap, Scabious Meltdown, Grower Site Visit, Pricing Stuff-Up & Plant Profile: Echinops
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Mulching, Weeding, Staking, Sowing Half Hardy Annuals & Using AI To Improve My Website
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Seedlings Update, Unusual Plants I'd Love To Sell, Battling Creeping Thistle, Plus Plant Profile: Hydrangea 'Limelight'
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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I Accidentally Left My Sweetpeas Out Overnight, Bed Prep Continues & Why Every Stem Has To Make A Profit
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Somehow It's Easter Already, How I Sow My Seeds Super Quickly & The Hens Move House
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Impact Of Escalating Oil Prices On Cut Flower Imports & What This Means for Local Growers
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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All The Latest News From The Field, Tulip Crates Now In My Car For Safety, Chicken News & Plant Profile: Scabious
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Planting On The Plot, Hiding The Crated Tulips (Again) & A Lesson In Making A Beautiful Wrapped Hand-Tied Bouquet
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Flat Tyre Drama, Bindweed, An Exciting New Project Launching Soon, Plus Plant Profile: Rudbeckia
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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All The News From The Plot & Greenhouse (It's All Go), Tulip Wipeout & Are Flowers Really A Luxury Item?
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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How I Built My Cut Flower Website: Domains, Design, Hosting, SEO and Why Mobile Matters
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Why I Plant Sweet Peas in Toilet Rolls (And Some Other Seed Starting Techniques) & Annuals I'm Growing in 2026
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Seed Sowing Has Started! Spreadsheets Are Buzzing, More Peonies Planted, Plus Plant Profile: Phlox
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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It's Spring: Perfect Time For An Existential Crisis, Right? Why Year 1 Has Made Starting Year 2 Really Hard
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Return of the Peri Blues, February Is A Short And Long Month & Plant Profile: Hazel
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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My Hands Are Back In The Soil, an Epic Phone Drama & Getting The Greenhouse Ready For Seed Sowing
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Join Me On The Plot Today, Managing An Aggressive Cockerel & Plant Profile: Statice
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Seed Compost: Rich or Poor? War of The Roses on Valentine's Day & Disrupting the System
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Let's Talk About PRICING (Part 2): How I Actually Did It In Year 1, Plus Plant Profile: Craspedia
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Let's Talk About PRICING (Part 1): The Big Picture & Knowing Your Numbers To Do It
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Persistent Rain/Flooding/Waterlogging & Plant Profile: Verbena bonariensis
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Seed Sowing Plan: All The Nitty Gritty Details & Finding More Space On The Field
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Compost: How & Why I Love Making This Miracle Product, Plus Plant Profile: Echinacea
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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My First Tulip Disaster, How Not To Be (Too) Frightened Of Florists & Should We Ban Imported Flowers?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Photoperiodism And Why It Matters, My (Final!) 2026 Annual List & Plant Profile: Orlaya
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Answering Listeners’ Seed Planning Questions, Laptop Dramas & I’ve Only Gone And Bought More Annuals
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Crop Planning Continues, Taking Care of Ourselves Right Now & Plant Profile Series: Sweetpeas
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Crop Planning: How I'm Doing It, What The Data Shows, What I Learnt Today That Means I Need To Make Changes
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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My New Website Is Live & A New Plant Profile Series Kicks-Off With Didiscus
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Nine Really Useful Things To do When You Can't Work Outside & Missing Creme Eggs
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Snow Has Arrived, Answering Your Brilliant Questions & My New Year Resolution
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Walk The Plot With Me Plus My End of Year A-Z Review (Part 2): Moles to Zinnias plus Orlaya, Pricing & Water
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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My End of Year A-Z Review (Part 1): Annuals to Ladybirds via Dahlias, Florists, Hydrangeas & Irrigation
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Merry Christmas! Mole Alert, Scabious Flowering, Staying Sane & Surviving The Xmas Madness
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Wreaths In A Wardrobe, Graduating From My Flower Farming Course, Website Thoughts & Xmas Table Centrepiece Plans
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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How To Deal With Negativity Without Crying & Wreath-Making Is (Finally) Done!
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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My New Roses All Arrive At The Same Time, I Get Even More Dahlias & A Stunning Business Revelation
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Entertaining My Top Client, The New Roses Have Arrived & Managing Seasonal Overwhelm
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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I've Eaten The Contents of My Advent Calendar Already, Wreath Origins & My Big Rose Order Is Placed (Finally!)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Imports vs British Flowers: Important Lessons For Growers & How We Could Work Better With Florists
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Dahlias: To Lift Or Not To Lift? Pros & Cons Of Both Plus All The Jobs I Haven't Done This Week
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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All About Foliage: The Shrubs/Herbs/Fruit/Veg/Flowers That I'm Growing for Greenery
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Snow! Learning From Free Online Courses, Tulips in Crates, Farm Stands & Quick Tips for Wreath-Making
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Faffing Around With Dahlias, Massive Flower Field Envy, Course Update & Winter Has Arrived
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Tips for Surviving a Rainy November Day, How I'm Deciding Which Roses To Buy & My New Course Just Started!
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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A Unicorn Visits, More Shrub Planting, Tulips Ordered (Finally!) & I've Just Enrolled On A Proper Flower Farming Course
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Mistakes! I've Made A Few! Here Are My Top 10 Mistakes When Transitioning from Gardening to Growing Cut Flowers
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Establishing A Proper Foliage Bed, Digging Up Dahlias & Intercropping To Maximise Space
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Roselilies, Learning From Expert Growers & Growing Enough But Not Too Much: It's A (Very) Fine Line
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Shop Til You Drop: More New Shrubs - What/Why/Prices & How Sales Channels Influence Decisions
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Mixed Bouquet Recipes: I Have A New Spreadsheet For This, The Reliability of Perennials & Growing Cornflowers in 2026
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Buying Peonies From A Fellow Grower, Bed 4 Prep Is Finished & Retail Sales: How Does It Work?
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Why Hydrangea 'Limelight' Is A Cut Flower Superstar and The Hens Cause Havoc In The Cut Flowers
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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It's Cooling Down, Thank Yous, HRT Review & A Brilliant Visit To A Fellow Grower (Yippee!)
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Let The Hens Out With Me, Why Growing Cut Flowers Is Just A Tiny Part of the Business & Confidence-Boosting Tips
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Perennial Plugs Start To Arrive, Laying Homemade Compost, and Flirting With Retail: Getting Brave
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Perennials, Shrubs & Roses I've Just Bought for 2026: All The Details, Plus Lost Keys On The Plot
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Busy, Busy, Busy: The Studio Is Nearly Finished, The New Beds Are Nearly Ready & What I've Just Bought To Grow in 2026
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Number Crunching: Data Reconciliation Results Are Here, Most Profitable Cut Flowers Revealed & an Incredible (Improbable?) Net Profit Margin
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Astrantia Finally Ready! Autumn Bed Prep Gets Underway, Soil Blocking & Winning Prizes at My Local Dahlia Show
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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All About Dahlias: Everything I've Learnt in 2025, Plus What's Looking Good Now & The Hens Help Out
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Very Exciting Hub News, Making Connections on Insta & Why I Really Value Knowing My Florists
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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My Absolute Best Performing Cut Flower of 2025, How I'm Saving & Storing Seed, and Balancing Things to Reduce Chaos
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Problems Galore, Hormone Chaos, Poorly Hens, Over-Selling Hydrangeas & Baffling Sales Figures
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Two New Florists Visit & Buy My Cut Flowers! Working Out My USP, Eucalyptus & Setting Up A Studio
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Cutting Foliage in the Rain, Visiting The National Dahlia Society Show Today & Did My Flowers Survive the Flower Festival?
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Rain Stops Play, Shattering Dahlias, Learning Where I'm Going Wrong & the Fabulous Flower Festival
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Selling Restarts, How To Pronounce 'Dahlia' & Plant Spacings: How Many per Square Metre?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Let the Hens Out WIth Me, De-Mystifying Cool-Season Annuals & Prepping for Multiple Orders Next Week
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Eye-Opening Flower Farming Books, Fence Panels are Up, Electrical Problems & Enormous Dahlias
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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It's Time to Learn Some Business Skills, Fat Hose, Press Releases & My Top Tips for Setting Out a Cut Flower Plot
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Heatwave Hell (Again), Doubts About Everything, The Key Colours I'm Growing in 2026 & Being Brave
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Made It Through Another Week, Dahlia Dis-Budding, Emergency Staking & Bracing for (Yet) Another Heatwave
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Visiting a Fellow Grower, How My Availability List Works, Pumping Water & Shirley's Babies Have Arrived!
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Rain, My Car Broke Down, Sweetpeas & Zinnias Purchased for 2026, Jobs For The Weekend & Do I Need a Niche?
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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A Fellow Grower Visits, Something Ate My Apples & Grasses, The Lavenders Are Coming Back & The Zinnias Are Kicking Off
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Peri-Meno-ing and Cut Flowers, Most/Least Profitable Flowers & the Potted Lavenders Saga
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Dahlias: Re-Staking & Thwarting Earwigs, Blush Flowers Needed, Dynamic Pricing, and How Intention & Values Shape Growing
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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I Have Dahlias Flowering (At Last), Lots of Cutting for Weddings, Unwelcome Earwigs, and Rain Arrives At Last (Phew)
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Pricing: I Don't Know What I'm Doing, Oversharing (Am I?), & Challenges When Prepping For Upcoming Weddings
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Big Problem: The Greenfly Are Back, Ridiculously Wrong Plant Spacings, Dahlia Labelling Disaster & My First Florist Plot Visit
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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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
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Selling Has Finally Started, Nigella Finally Flowering, Zinnias Driving Me Mad, No Rain Yet, and It's My Birthday!
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Hot Flushes in a Heatwave (not fun!), New Gates, Prepping for a Wedding Order, Flower Hub News (it's very exciting!)
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Six-Month Review: Good Times, Disasters, Cornflower Overload, What I've Learnt, Drought, Heatwaves, It's Been Alot!
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Cut Flower Farm Tours, Pitching Flowers to a Pub, Storage After Cutting & Daffodil Plans for 2026
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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I Just Sold my First Stems! Demystifying Pricing, Expert Dahlia Tips, Cornwall Grower Visit Report PLUS How to Choose Tulips
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Welcome Back, Sweetpea Mishaps, Stunted Growth, Plant Spacings, and Is It Bindweed or a Bean?
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Importance of Pinching Out, IBC dramas, Bouquet-Making Tutorials & Burnt Fish Fingers
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Rain, Pests Update, How I've Made my New Beds & What's Flowering Now
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Dahlia Planting Challenges, It's All About Seasonality, Glyphosate Spillage Drama & Insta Envy (Again)
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May 30, 2025 |
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Blackfly, High Winds, Not Enough Rain, Not Enough Time, Absolutely No Money & Lessons for Spring 2026
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May 28, 2025 |
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Dahlia Planting Tips from a Pro, Attack of the Greenfly, My Watering System Explained & Living Paths: Yes or No?
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May 23, 2025 |
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So Busy!!! Zinnias are Out, No More Nigella, Interplanting, Green Manures, Flirting with Roses & Coping with The Driest Spring in Over 100 Years
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May 20, 2025 |
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Nigel, the Digger Man has Lifted my Turf! All the News About That
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May 16, 2025 |
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Prepping for Digger Man, Attack of Dahlia Gall, Hosepipe Dramas & Selling Single Variety Cut Flower Bouquets
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May 13, 2025 |
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The Importance of Data Collection, The Dahlias Are Moving Out, Get Comfortable with Competition & Encouraging Brides to Buy Seasonal Local Cut Flowers
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May 09, 2025 |
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Planting Out Hardy Annuals, Planning for Tulips in 2026 & Talking To Others When It Gets Tough
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May 06, 2025 |
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What No-One Tells You About Being a New Cut Flower Grower: the Harsh Reality, Challenges, Worries & Stresses
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May 02, 2025 |
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Coping with Seedlings During a Heatwave, Troubleshooting When Planting Seedlings Close Together & Carving Out Time to Stay Calm and Focused
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Mini-Digger Excitement! Dahlia Cuttings with Hollow Stems - What Do They Mean for Cut Flowers?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Pros & Cons: Seed Scattering or Straight Lines? Dahlias Straight in the Ground or Potted On First? Zinnias: no cons, only pros
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Happy Easter! Plot Update, Acquiring Perennials on a Budget, Tummy Troubles & Keeping Mint Contained
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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First Epic Disaster of the Year, Splitting Dahlias, Cornflowers & Sweetpeas Get Planted Out
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Plant Spacings: Crucial for Calculating Production Costs, plus Road Pins vs Fence Posts & Making Jute Netting with String
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome & Fear of Failure, Plus Doors to Manual, Storing Water & More New Seeds
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Dahlia Tips & Techniques from a Pro Exhibitor for Waking, Dividing, Taking Cuttings & Sowing Dahlia Seeds
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Basking in Sunshine, Bed-making, Turning Compost & Making a Planting Plan for my Cut Flowers
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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An Epiphany! Shrinkage! Pricing Disasters! Profit Margins! Production Costs! It's All Here.
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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It's Time to Wake the Dahlias & The Ultimate FREE Liquid Fertiliser
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Q&A Session with the CEO (that's me). And I Talk About Profitability, which is Very Important.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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We Have Germination! And Backup Plans: I Need One. Do YOU Have One?
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Scabious: Focal or Filler? Or Both?! More Seed Sowing. And Quiche!
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Join Me in the Greenhouse as I'm Doing Some Things Differently This Year
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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What Happens When you're Ill? Let me tell you...!
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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How I Chose the Cut Flowers I'm Growing & Factors You Need to Consider
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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What I'm Growing from Seed in 2025: Introducing my New Seeds
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Don't Put A Greenhouse Under A Tree! Plus I Collected my Greenhouse this Weekend
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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What's Really Holding YOU Back from Growing Cut Flowers?
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Why I Don't Use Chemicals on my Cut Flowers & How to Tackle Weeds Effectively
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Who Do I Sell to? How Do I Find my Cut Flower Customers?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Storing Seeds & Money Saving Tips for Making Your Own Seed Compost
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Which Cut Flowers Should I Grow? How to Select the Best Ones
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Sweetpeas: Perfect for Dramatic Scented Cut Flowers
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Which Dahlias Do I Need? How Do I Choose?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Perennials: What Worked in 2024 and What's New for 2025
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Review of 2024 Cut Flower Trial Beds: Important Lessons to Learn
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Set Growing Goals and Why You Must Store Water
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Cut Flowers: What you really DO and DON'T need to get started
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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What Happens When you Sow Cheap Supermarket Seeds
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Braving the Cold: Welcome to my Cut Flower Growing Year
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Jan 09, 2025 |