It's 8:30pm on Tuesday 6 May 2025 and a really beautiful evening.

You join me for this episode on the plot as I'm planting out some of my hardy annual seedlings (calendula, orlaya and scabious). It's been a busy bank holiday weekend for me and I haven't had as much time on the plot as I would like so I'm up here this evening getting things done and sharing this with you.

I've spent today thinking about tulips for 2026: it's never too soon to start planning for them. I've decided to only grow certain types (parrot, viridiflora and Rembrandt) as they're very dramatic and showy and I hope that they will sell well. They will go in the dahlia beds when the tubers get lifted in November. I will need to order them in August so I need to start compiling a list very soon. It's important to keep planning ahead. 

I had some microphone problems tonight: the first half seems to be ok but the second half sounds like I'm on the hard shoulder of a windy motorway (I'm not) so I hope you can still hear me. 

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In this episode, join me on the plot for an update on my seedlings and more. 

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How my seedlings are doing on the plot 

✅ Why I need to keep an eye out for squirrels and pigeons   

✅ Why I'm not weeding around my seedlings this year   

✅ My tulip plans for 2026

✅ I'm excited about the last of my dahlia cuttings arriving next week

✅ Why I'm going to start learning to do hand-tied bouquets 

✅ Why you need to talk to like-minded people when times are tough 

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