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Learning how to make posies

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Up early to head off to Somerset with flower friend to learn how to make a hand tied bouquet and jam jar posies at CommonFarmFlowers with Georgie Newbery. It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was there … Continue reading →

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Growing steadily for the Plot

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Sometimes it seems to me as if it will be October before there are any flowers ready to cut and sell. Until recently, the pots planted up with tulips were stubbornly just showing soil and the seedlings seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Balancing work and plot

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Thankfully today was grey and damp so that I couldn’t be so easily seduced from the piles of proper job work I needed to finish before tomorrow. This work can a pleasure in itself, but not as immediately attractive as … Continue reading →

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Seeds, butterflies and bumblebees

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

A beautiful day for planting seeds under cover and pottering around outside in the sunshine pricking out cosmos seeds and potting on moth mullein. There were yellow butterflies floating across the garden and fat bumblebees enjoying the flowers on the … Continue reading →

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Emerging at the plot

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Windy but surprisingly sunny today and time to look more closely at the plot. Too wet to dig, but started on a third bed by the gate by removing large perennial weeds and putting a thick layer of  peat free … Continue reading →

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Flower Farming Workshop with Georgie Newbery

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Even getting miserably lost in the dark on the way home, didn’t make me feel any less enthusiastic about the excellent course with Geogie Newbery in Somerset. Just after getting my plot, I had come across her book, ‘The Flower … Continue reading →

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Sowing Seeds

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

A grey day and the rain came earlier than expected, but kitchen table planting of flowers for the plot and tomatoes for the allotment made it seem brighter. Sorting packets of seeds earlier this week, on another wet day, found … Continue reading →

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Planning the Plot (continued)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

So we turned down the muddy path and made ourselves as waterproof as possible before walking across to the plot. Inside the fence, water gathered in pools on the black paths and the soil in the beds looked pitted and … Continue reading →

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Planning the Plot

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Despite being warned by the two fat rain drops which sequenced their way through the whole day on the weather forecast, today was the day I met with my plant stall partner and friend to discuss our plans for the … Continue reading →

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A Slowly Developing Plot

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

It looked promising today, despite heavy rain last night,  it was a  misty morning with a sense of the sun waiting to come through. So I set off to the plot to see what damage the cold and wet had … Continue reading →

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