The Meadow Flower Co Blog
The Flower Patch - Jobs for Autumn
September and October are brilliant months on the flower farm - lots of the hard labour is over and late summer plants are in full swing - in particular the...
The Flower Patch - Jobs for Autumn
September and October are brilliant months on the flower farm - lots of the hard labour is over and late summer plants are in full swing - in particular the...
The Flower Patch - Jobs for April
After the slower months at the beginning of the year, April is when things start to get exciting and even overwhelming in the garden and greenhouse! It can be tempting...
The Flower Patch - Jobs for April
After the slower months at the beginning of the year, April is when things start to get exciting and even overwhelming in the garden and greenhouse! It can be tempting...
The Flower Patch - Jobs for March
I love March! It is such a hopeful season and it really feels that this is where the season starts. The bulbs planted in the deep winter are starting to...
The Flower Patch - Jobs for March
I love March! It is such a hopeful season and it really feels that this is where the season starts. The bulbs planted in the deep winter are starting to...
Sustainable Growing - Why?
Agriculture is currently at a turning point - so much of the Earth's soils are degraded that farmers are having to input a whole host of nutrients (often synthetic ones)...
Sustainable Growing - Why?
Agriculture is currently at a turning point - so much of the Earth's soils are degraded that farmers are having to input a whole host of nutrients (often synthetic ones)...
Why I start seeds in Soil Blocks
I have been using soil blocks since I started flower farming and I find it to be a fantastic, if not perfect, method of starting seeds. Here, I will go...
Why I start seeds in Soil Blocks
I have been using soil blocks since I started flower farming and I find it to be a fantastic, if not perfect, method of starting seeds. Here, I will go...
Why I don't want flowers this Valentine's (and ...
As a flower farmer, it is very frustrating that two biggest flower-giving days, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, are not in peak flower season. I have read that 570 tonnes of roses...
Why I don't want flowers this Valentine's (and ...
As a flower farmer, it is very frustrating that two biggest flower-giving days, Valentine's Day and Mother's Day, are not in peak flower season. I have read that 570 tonnes of roses...