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Rain, Pests Update, How I've Made my New Beds & What's Flowering Now
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Good evening. It's Tuesday 3 June 2025 and I'm talking to you from the plot.
We've had rain! Not enough by far but it's very welcome and the seedlings have really enjoyed it. The water levels in the IBCs are critically low but I'm hopeful that the rain still to come later this week will help.
Lots of updates from the plot: all of the dahlias are in and I've been making some new beds on the newly-lifted turf area and adding old waste material from the duck house which has rotted down. I'm not digging it in: it gets laid on the soil surface and will slowly amalgamate into the ground. There's a pests update with the latest news on my blackly, greenfly, slugs and pigeons.
Finally I end with an update on the latest with the hens, who are an integral part of the plot in that they fertilise my soil, sort through my compost and help to control pest numbers. I do hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for joining me on my cut flower journey.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ Why it rains as soon as I buy a proper pair on sunglasses
✅ I've finally got all the dahlias planted out on the plot
✅ How I've made my new beds and added a compost mulch
✅ Who attacked Goose: the security camera reveals all
✅ Seedlings that have just gone in the ground
✅ Pests update: who is doing what and where
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