Ordering cut flower seeds for the year ahead
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Join flower farmer and florist Georgie Newbery and her inimitable Mum Googie as they make plans for seed ordering for the coming season. Googie has tips for veggies and Georgie for cut flowers. They have strong feelings about what to order, and where to order from and why.
Especially recommended:
www.higgledygarden.com
www.chilternseeds.co.uk
www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk
www.kingsseeds.com
and for veg
www.simpsonsseeds.co.uk
If you'd like to join Georgie do book a place on one of her workshops and demos available on her website here www.commonfarm...
If you're booking a place on our workshops or demos the website will ask you to choose a delivery date - any date will do! And if you can't join our sessions live then you are still very welcome to book as we send the recording and notes of the workshop out to everyone afterwards, so you can download the session and refer back to it as and when you need to.
If you enjoy the tips and tricks Georgie gives you here, or would simply like to support the channel, the link to her Buy Me a Coffee page is here: www.buymeacoff...
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Dear lady, what a joy it has been discovering your channel. I have watched hours during my staycation from work. I bought you a coffee and sending hugs from New Mexico!! Your 'mum' is a dream and a champ. Keep being authentic and hilarious. xoxo
Thank you so much! x
The world would be a much better place if content like yours was the norm...
absolutely the perfect mix of inspiration and advice! Love your channel, and you and your Mothers top tips.
P.S. Googie should only appear in your Club membership videos,
Yes, people will pay for her wit and wisdom😉
well maybe that's a great idea! x
Mum you need to get your own You tube channel!!! Just learnt so much from you both in this video, thanks again for sharing.
you're welcome x
It’s always a bonus to see your mum and hear her words of wisdom.
thank you x
Haha. "It's not their fault, it's your fault for being stupid.."
Made me think of what my dad would say to us kids.
She’s ruthless and v much of her generation x
Thanks for sharing.You’re so lucky your mom is also knowledgeable and fun😊
😊 thank you x
In the USA I am also finding Park seeds have many of the seeds you suggest, tho they are not inexpensive. Of course having your book "The Flower Farmer's Year" really helps! I grow more interesting flowers than I see at our local flower's market. Thank you again. Ooooh wait...I love your Mom can I steal her?!!
Me too❣️
If you’re in the US, I usually order from Swallowtail Seeds, Baker Creek, Sunflower Select and The Gardeners Workshop. Sometimes Johnnys but their shipping is high for seeds. However, for larger quantities and crazy variety, Geo Seeds has the best prices but is more work and they have $100 min (geared for flower farmers). The Seed Savers Exchange has great vegetable seed too.
lovely suggestion for the American subscribers - thank you x
so helpful Sarah thank you x
Great info & your dear mother is so absolutely delightful I could cry! Thank you both for sharing these bits of your lives. 💜🌱🌿
you're welcome x
I love your mum! She is great,so knowledgeable with lots of great tips
she is! x
Hellooooo Googy!!!
More in today’s clip too x
"It's not their fault, it is your fault for being stupid" hahahahah love her!! Happy New year to you both! :)
thank you and you x
You two are the dynamic duo of gardening, so much information generously shared. I’ve my flaar catalogs already but I shall have to arrange a delivery of the Simpson’s tome. Lovely to see Googie looking so well. Enjoy your visit and thanks to you both. XX
Our pleasure! x
Lovely to see granny again, lovely the way you bring her into your videos from time to time. A wise and seasoned gardener. She comes across very well. I am really getting into the planing thing. Organising myself better is really paying off. Thanks
good luck with the new season x
Oh my, do I ever LOVE your Mum!!! She is so lively and bright. And she & you remind me of a saying we often share here in the USA, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree ". 🥰
lol - thank you x
"Do less, better." A perfect adage for 2023 (and beyond) whether ordering flower seeds or living an intentional life. Thank you Georgie and Mum Googie and very Happy New Year to you from Savannah GA.
hello Savannah! x
Googie is a hoot!! What a sharp lady and so wise:) Thank you for always supplying us with such great wisdom and knowledge♡
Thanks for watching! x
Your mom is so lovely...God bless Happy New Year
and to you Catherine x
I'm so happy that your mum spoke about Phacelia 😀. I throw seeds around in September every year, and the plant is well established before winter, ready to spring into action for early bee food. It is indeed a sight for sore eyes when bees of every shape and size come to feed. When the plant is finished, I simply pull it up and place it where I want them to flower the following spring.My neighbour has also caught the Phacelia bug 😅 Happy New Year to you and all your family 🤗
That's great! I love phacelia x
fabulous video, thank you so much❤
my pleasure x
Love the top tip for making tomato stems stronger. Thanks ladies.
our pleasure x
Love seeing Googie!! You too Georgie. lol
hopefully we'll get to walk around the garden and make a clip today x
I’m in Cumbria visiting my Mum too. And yes it’s very windy and wet!
all the best people visit Cumbria xxx
Great video full of excitement but unfortunately Brexit has stopped us buying seeds from Higgledy and all the great seed companies in UK.
you are not the only one to resent Brexit and all it brings every day of our lives x
You look fabulous, Georgie! Mum, too! Looking forward to the new club and "doing less, better!" Happy Twixtmas to you!
thank you - and to you x
Yes to the club membership! I autumn sowed my phacelia for the bees. It’s looking very happy near my bay tree :)
happy days x
Good to see you both. Your lovely mum Googie looking amazing and in good health bless her, now we know where all that good advice comes from!! Thank you for all those useful hints and tips. Happy new year to you both. Best wishes. x
and to you x
So complicated. So organized. Good to have a system. I have trouble choosing for my three large raised beds.
it's always a case of so much to choose from and so little space - no matter what the acreage! x
Longing to be adopted by Googie xxxx
lol - she can be sharp too xxx
The club sounds exciting! 😁
I have all my seeds for next year now and I found a great app that has a reminder on it for sowing, planting out, etc.
I was told by a friend who keeps bees that borage is amazing for them as they refill with nectar much faster that other flowers (its about half an hour, if I remember rightly), so I have borage seeds in my selection. 😊
I'm trying Cucamelons this year too! 😁
I shall pass on the tip for strong tomato stems to my Dad. 😊
all sounds excellent x
One of my most exciting times in flower growing.....especially since I've collected around 50% of my seeds this time and already have the first of my blue larkspur germinating in my cool greenhouse....yippee....so enjoy your channel Georgie 🌹💐
such an exciting time! x
Can I sow larkspur now in january
@@hazelgregson1730 yes but maybe wait till mid feb when more daylight hours x
@@theflowerfarmer thank you. I will wait a few weeks thanks
Hi Hazel Gregson I've just seen your message. I sowed larkspur two weeks ago in my cold greenhouse and they have all germinated and looking strong...why don't you hedge your bets and try some now then more but later .
Indonesia like🙏👍👍🤝
Hello Indonesia x
Very interesting video and looking forward to the gardeners club. Love to know your thoughts on peat free compost. Seeds did very badly last year with peat free multi compost. I have purchased a large bag of peat this year, to mix in with peat free in the hope something will grow.
The thing about using peat based compost is that it is unsustainable. We can't, as gardeners, use up precious resources by digging up the carbon sinks that are peat bogs in order to have an easy seed-germinating medium. We have to get used to using peat-free compost. The compost makers are struggling to keep up with demand for good quality peat-free compost and so occasionally the quality does vary - but we are asking the behemoth that is our demand for compost to change its entire recipe and the logistics set up for creating and delivering it at speed. My top tips for peat-free are that a) not all of it is as good as others so it's worth doing a little research with small quantities to find one which you like, and b) it's worth watering peat free compost from below: often it can look a little dry on the surface because of the coir content, when actually if you heft your seed trays you'll find that they are heavy enough to mean that there's plenty of water in the mix for your seedlings. Never water trays of peat free compost from above as sometimes the water runs off and isn't absorbed: much better to water trays of seedlings in another tray of water leaving them there for an hour or so so that they have time to really soak up a good lot, before taking the trays out completely to drain. Good luck.
Thanks for making all these great videos, I always learn something. Could you share what is that plant beside you there in your greenhouse?
it's a mimosa x
Please spell the name of the flower for the bumblebee.🐝
Phacelia
phacelia x
I might have missed it, but is it ok to use last year’s seeds or do you buy fresh every year? X
good question - I buy fresh x