20/10/2024
Hi all, just thought I'd give you a bit of an insight into life as a flower farmer and florist. I'm always thinking and planning ahead by a season or two.
Back in June/July I was ordering bulbs for next spring and sowing biennial seeds to flower early next summer.
In August and September I start planning for pumpkin arrangement and Christmas wreath making workshops, getting next year's hardy annual seeds sown and planting out the biennial plants that have been quietly growing away nicely.
I've recently been pricking out those hardy baby seedlings which I will protect over winter and plant out next spring for more summer flowers.
Over the last few days and in the coming weeks, I'll be planting out all those bulbs I ordered back in June, getting together my orders for next years Dahlias and Chrysanthemums, finalising preparations for workshops and making more new beds. All whilst picking and arranging flowers for orders and maintaining my flower patch.
It's certainly a juggling act and there's never a dull moment, always so varied and interesting. Then of course, there's the constantly changing weather to contend with, which can be frustrating and challenging! It's an amazing process though, to start off with empty seed trays, and then have the joy of watching them grow from such tiny seeds into seedlings, then mini plants that will fill the empty beds and become full of gorgeous, fresh flowers next year.
As many of you know, it's been a tough season setting everything up again from scratch, but it has been great and encouraging to welcome new and existing customers back. I hope to be back in full production from next spring and am looking forward to meeting all of your floral requests.
Well done if you managed to read it to the end 👍 👏🤣😊🍁🍂🌼🏵💐🎃🎄🌈
