Listen "Heatwave Hell (Again), Doubts About Everything, The Key Colours I'm Growing in 2026 & Being Brave"
Episode Synopsis
Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 11 August 2025 and it's really hot (yet again).We're in the midst of heatwave no. 4 right now and so I've been busy watering and mulching with bark to keep the moisture locked into the soil and try to slow the weeds down. In many places on the plot I have the healthiest and best-looking nettles in the world right now. I seriously considered quitting this weekend (partly because I had a cold from hell) but I refuse to be beaten by the weather and my inexperience so I'm ploughing on. I've been questioning the route that I decided to take (wholesale only) and then wondering how I would re-do my marketing plan if I tried selling elsewhere. I got well and truly stuck inside a whirlwind of indecision and overwhelm.On a positive note, at the end of the episode I share some tips with you after I came to some realisations recently: I hope they're food for thought. I really hope you enjoy this episode and that you'll come back and join me for the next one.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 like you 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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