It's Tuesday 10 March 2025 and I'm in the greenhouse this afternoon, sowing more cut flower seeds. Come and join me as I'm sowing Achillea, Cephalaria, Centaurea, Crespedia, Zinnia and Orlaya. It's much cooler this week: the weekend was positively balmy and it was wonderful to have so much sunshine. It really felt like Spring had arrived. And then it cooled rapidly!As I'm sowing I talk about what containers I'm sowing into this year (and why it's different to previous years), how I clean my labels, the beauty of cornflower seeds (little rockets!!), the work I got done on the plot over the weekend, the thinking behind sowing smaller trays of seeds and bringing them indoors to get them germinated - then potting them on later, and how I accidentally bought another fruit tree yesterday. It's my longest episode so far and I really hope that you enjoy it.In this episode, I’m talking to you from inside my greenhouse as I continue to sow my cut flower seeds.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:✅ Why (and how) I'm sowing differently this year✅ The benefits of recycling empty food containers from your kitchen✅ The importance of successional sowing✅ A quick basic tip for identifying which seeds need covering and which don't ✅ The difference between vermiculite and perlite ✅ The amount of land I'll have under cultivation this year✅ An update on my baby hens, Kiki D and Dani Minogue ✅ Why I can't stop buying fruit trees🌻 Follow &amp; Stay Connected!If you like what you hear, please follow so you never miss an episode. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review – it really does help more flower lovers find the show. Follow me on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/henhillcutflowers?igsh=MW4yNmdxNDlrdjZwNA==">@henhillcutflowers</a> 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.

It's Tuesday 10 March 2025 and I'm in the greenhouse this afternoon, sowing more cut flower seeds. Come and join me as I'm sowing Achillea, Cephalaria, Centaurea, Crespedia, Zinnia and Orlaya. It's much cooler this week: the weekend was positively balmy and it was wonderful to have so much sunshine. It really felt like Spring had arrived. And then it cooled rapidly! As I'm sowing I talk about what containers I'm sowing into this year (and why it's different to previous years), how I clean my ...

Join Me in the Greenhouse as I'm Doing Some Things Differently This Year