Hello, it's Saturday 20 September 2025. Welcome to today's episode.

In this first part of today's episode I'll fill you in on all the activity on the plot including rediscovering my cephalaria, harvesting seed, removing stakes and support string, planning new paths, and mapping out the new beds using my road pins. I chat about what's still flowering well and what's not looking so good in its current location, which is all useful information for crop planning in 2026.

In the second part of the episode I talk through my key learnings from the dahlias this season. I have learnt so much from growing them myself including important lessons on spacings, staking, watering, disbudding, stripping leaves, and vase life. I also share some of the things I did which I think helped my dahlias to flourish, plus how the clever location I chose for the tubers this year turned out to be not so clever after all. I'm not yet sure what my dahlia plan is for 2026 and I talk you through this too. 

Please do join me for the next episode: they come out on Tuesdays and Fridays every week and you're always very welcome to join me. 

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