It's Time to Wake the Dahlias & The Ultimate FREE Liquid Fertiliser

It's a beautiful week and I've been busy. It's a bit overwhelming at times: I feel like I have so many things to do all at the same time and sometimes it's hard to work out what I should be doing first. Normally I'm pretty good at prioritising but at this time of year it's challenging...

In this episode I take a breather from digging up nettles and do a brief review of what's happening on the plot this week including: admiring the coppiced hazel poles, conserving water in the bowsers, enjoying the naturally-growing daffodils, PLUS what I've been doing with my dahlias to wake them up and the seeds I've been sowing this week. 

I also talk about taking Maggie C to see Richard (my super-amazing dahlia-expert teacher) and an update on Kylie, my broody hen. Finally I discuss planning for lean times of the year (i.e. Feb/March/April) in terms of what to grow to bring in some money, and the importance of planning ahead for this so you're prepared for these lean times. 

The first half of this podcast was recorded out on the plot and the second half inside in the warmth. I hope you enjoy it, despite some background traffic noise in the first half.

In this episode, I’m waking up dahlias and planning for lean times.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How to make brilliant Nettle Liquid Fertiliser 

✅ Why I'm using "rebar" to grow (some of) my sweetpeas up this year

✅ Technique for waking dahlias up and getting them going 

✅ What I've been sowing over the weekend  

✅ Skip-diving: always ask permission before taking anything! 

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