Hello and a very warm welcome to this episode. It's Friday 6 June 2025 and I'm talking to you from the plot. 

I don't know where this week has gone: it's been busy. We had a whole day of rain which has been an enormous help for the plants. This happened after I manually topped up the IBCs with water from home, which was a whole big drama. 

Everything on the plot is doing fine and I'm excited to see that the cornflowers are just about to burst into flower. I've been pinching out the calendulas and snaps, which is something you need to do with branching plants because it encourages lots more flowering stems. 

I do hope you enjoy the episode: it's a bit shorter than normal because I'm rushing around trying to get some seedlings planted on the plot but I hope you enjoy it nevertheless.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How I manually topped up the IBCs on the plot

✅ Why I've been pinching out the branching plants 

✅ How much rain we've had this week  

✅ What I've been watching on the internet this week 

✅ Why I'm feeling so much better about doing hand-ties for markets  

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