Listen "Establishing A Proper Foliage Bed, Digging Up Dahlias & Intercropping To Maximise Space"
Episode Synopsis
Hello. It's Tuesday 4 November 2025. Welcome to the latest episode.Another busy week: lots of planting new plants, particularly foliage in my new dedicated foliage bed, lifting and dividing of perennials, moving peonies, weeding, and watching the last of the strawflowers that the chickens haven't trampled putting on a lovely colourful display. I talk about how I'm getting on with making leaf mould this autumn, as well as the benefits of inter-cropping cut flowers amongst other plants to maximise yields. I'm also thinking about inter-cropping with vegetables next year so that I have more homegrown organic veg. I spent this afternoon digging up dahlia tubers with my dahlia mentor, Richard Bailey, so all the details about this. He is kind enough to donate his unwanted dahlias to me which is amazing. I filled the back of my car with a dozen enormous dahlias (which now need splitting and replanting) and I have to go back and dig up another lot next week. It's a very busy time.I do hope that you will come back and join me for the next episode when I'll have more news. I really hope that you will join me!Connect with meIf you like what you hear, please follow/subscribe to this podcast so that you're the first to hear new episodes when they become available every Tuesday and Friday. And if you enjoy this episode, please take a minute to leave a review because it really does help more cut flower-lovers just like you to find the podcast. 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 in England. I'm giving 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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