Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 29 July 2025 and I hope you had a good weekend. It's a warm and sunny evening tonight and I'm recording on the plot.

I've been busy clearing thistles and watching fence posts being installed to support the fence panels that will be going up around the newly-cleared area. There's also been lots of cutting, weeding, deadheading and watering going on. I've also been busy contacting local florists and inviting them to the plot so I can show them what's available.

The big flowers of the moment are zinnias and dahlias, whilst the originals continue to flourish (it's those cornflowers again...). I welcomed a fellow grower to the plot this morning to collect some stems: it was a lovely visit and she invited me to visit her farm next week, which I can't wait to do.

I'm just about to start planning flowers for a wedding next week, so there's lots going on. And those perky little lavender plants are coming back so they will need a home too. I hope you enjoy this episode: please come back and join me for the next episode!

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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.

Hello and welcome. It's Friday 25 July 2025. How is it Friday already?!?

Today's episode is a little different: the first part is me talking frankly and honestly to you about the challenges of establishing a cut flower business with peri-menopause. It has not been easy! I discuss how my debilitating symptoms impacted on me at a time when I needed every bit of brain power to get going, and the far-reaching effects of peri-menopause on every aspect of my life and work. The podcast only happened this year because I finally sought help when I thought my life was falling into a black hole in 2024.

The final part of the episode is my first ever proper Q&A where I answer some great questions that I've received about everything from snips to mosquito repellent to my most/least profitable cut flowers. And here are links to some of the things I talk about today and I hope they're helpful:

Where to Find Things I Talked About

BOOK: Menopausing by Davina McCall

WEBSITE: https://www.letstalkmenopause.org/

WEBSITE: https://www.drsharonmalone.com/

PODCAST: https://www.trademarkfarmer.com/podcast

PODCAST: https://www.thedirtonflowers.com/

PODCAST: https://www.theflowerpodcast.com/

PODCAST: The English Florist, Lindsey Kitchin

SNIPS: https://www.niwaki.com/garden-snips/?sku=P00425-1

I do hope you enjoy this episode. Massive thanks for your lovely messages on my insta @henhillcutflowers. It really does mean a lot to hear from you. Please come back and join me for the next episode.

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If 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.

Hello and welcome. It's Tuesday 22 July 2025 and I've had to put a jumper on this evening for the first time in months.

So much to tell you about this evening: I've been batch cooking dinners, collecting lots of rainwater, staking dahlias (properly this time), removing dahlia leaves to discourage earwigs, and deadheading cornflowers like mad (again). I've also had to deal with an unpleasant red mite infestation in the henhouse.

I've been doing a lot of thinking this week: how can I have more blush-coloured flowers next year as I don't have anywhere near enough, the power of intention, how your values impact the way you grow, and how to find customers who really want organically-grown seasonal blooms so that my hard work isn't wasted. Pricing continues to blow my mind and it's turned dynamic which adds a whole new dimension to the challenge of working out how on earth to price stems.

I hope you enjoy this episode and thank you if you sent me a message this week on my insta @henhillcutflowers: I really love hearing from you. Please join me for the next episode on Friday.

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If 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 flower-lovers 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.