Becoming a Cut Flower Grower

Happy Easter! Plot Update, Acquiring Perennials on a Budget, Tummy Troubles & Keeping Mint Contained


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Happy Easter! It's 8pm on Good Friday, 18 April 2025 and I'm on the plot.

It has definitely not been my week! After the water debacle on Tuesday I managed to get a tummy bug which has been unpleasant and this afternoon I wasn't even able to leave the house because of it. And whilst I've had tummy trouble all week I've had to do some regular gardening to get some cash in the door which has meant that I haven't been sowing any more seed this week. 

I haven't done a review of what's growing on the plot for a while so this episode is me chatting through what's doing what. I talk about my perennials and where I got them from, plus how to grow your own perennials on a budget. I chat about the importance of keeping mint contained (mint makes great foliage), espaliering apple trees and interplanting flowers with garlic bulbs to maximise planting opportunities.

In this episode, join me for a review of what's growing on the plot this week.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How this week has really turned out not to be my week!

✅ A review of what's growing on the plot 

✅ How to acquire perennials if you don't have much money 

✅ Whether or not I should sow more Verbena bonariensis  

✅ Why Agapanthus need to be grown in pots rather than the ground

✅ How interplanting flowers with garlic bulbs is a great space-saving idea 

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Follow me on instagram @henhillcutflowers for a behind-the-scenes look at life on my cut flower plot.

Join me on my journey through a year of growing and selling cut flowers. I'm going to give you the low-down on what it's really like, how I'm getting started, what you do and don't need, what I do when and why, the successes and failures, and just about everything in between. All in real time. With guest appearances from my chickens every now and then. 

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Becoming a Cut Flower GrowerBy Lydia Watson

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