¶ The 10 Top Tips to Having Your Own Cutting Patch.
So today I'm going to be talking about the 10 tips to having your own cutting patch. I'm going to read, I feel like those people Jaqen already goes, I'm really showing my age now, where they sat in front of a if they've sat in front of a log files and rich stories, I still love it anyway, you could probably hear the log fire in the background and it is a January day. But I'm going to read the 10 top tips to having your own cutting patch, which is chapter three in the C two bars
book written by myself. So, while you see we keep looking for a home, but we keep finding this pit, so I just thought if we look for this pit, we might find home, Winnie the Pooh. The cutting patch, you've probably gathered by now how passionate I am about growing, harvesting and arranging seasonally grown
British blooms. I've heard a multitude of different reasons why someone is wanting to start their own flower patch when you've read some of these as we move through this book, but in the words of Julie Andrews, let's start at the very beginning. The question I am asked more often than anything else is why do I start. So I've compiled my top 10 tips to get you started. Number one size doesn't matter. Starting out
¶ How to plan your cutting patch
you'll need surprising use of space for your cutting patch. It's not a garden it's a patch dedicated to cutting something totally different. It's an area you won't mind having bare patches when you pluck blooms from it. A great size to start with is a raised bed of about nine metre squared. If you can spare this size, you'll have ample space for 15 Sweet Peas, five Cosmos five dalias, five sunflowers, a row of magnificent cornflowers, along with some roses and a handful of herbs,
such as mint and rosemary. If you have a little patch beads in a corner of allotment or something else, you can plan your cutting patch. If you have more space, you can grow more varieties. Think of it lots of three metres by three metres. But remember, it doesn't have to be square, a long patch is equally as useful. Number two, you don't need to speak Latin to do this. wrapping your head around what's an annual or perennial or a biannual? will take some time. But please don't
worry. There's a lot of jargon used in flower growing, but you don't need to know at all here is a quick guide. annuals are
¶ What are annuals and perennials?
plants that grow for one season and that is their lifespan. They are the most abundant crop and give instant satisfaction at fieldgate 50 to 60%. Our blooms are annuals. perennials are plants like delphiniums that come back every year. The actual thing about perennials is they're meant to be two years or more. By annuals are just that they pop up every other year. You grow proof by perennials for reliability shrubs for foliage bulbs for only sprinkler, but you grow annuals for delight and
sheer abundance. Number three, grow what you love about everything. It's important to grow what you love, grow flowers that reminds you of your childhood, where you spend endless days outdoors. Grow the flowers that you've had in your wedding bouquet or grow the flowers are filled with love and through poetry or literature. Some of my favourites are below where you will find lots more in the garden chapter. And the majors those lacecap white flowers are delicate and beautiful in any arrangement.
cornflowers traditionally a mix of blues and whites cultivated areas come in blues, reds, whites, pinks, and almost black the Blackpool Nigella no cutting patch is complete without Nigella. It's just so beautiful and natural scabious annual scabies is a quick to germinate and easy to grow. Sweet Peas known for their beautiful fragrance These are easy to grow and come in hundreds of varieties. Daily is a must in every garden and they're just too many to choose from.
Amaranth has a stunning addition to any bars that come in shades of greens or burgundies. Cosmos known as the easiest cut flowers to grow cosmos is prolific and comes in many cameras bring his shape to any bars or arrangement. Tulips here Philco, we grow up to 40 Different varieties for tulips, the range of colours they grow is just spectacular. Adding some perennials to your borders to
¶ Adding perennials to your borders to supplement your flowers.
supplement your flower gum is also a really good idea. You won't go far wrong if you're adding salvias lavender peonies, Verbena and Veronica's number four, choose your position. Initially I'd recommend somewhere sheltered the wind as a cut flower garden as enemy. Building a wall is no use either as the wind would hit it wash down flatten all the hardest plants. Think about using
trellis or hedging instead. Even better, use some foliage plants such as eucalyptus for Burnham and pittosporum as windbreakers, or you'll be rewarded with endless foliage for your arrangement. rabbits aren't always cute. A bill gate we suffer from intrude in rabbits that don't have a taste for flowers. Don't get me wrong, we love rabbits. But I'm known to turn into Mr. McGregor when Peter is matching ideas. For a
small plot. Think about edging with chicken wire, but ensure that bottom edge is placed beneath the ground. Number sinks keep things turning around. Plants are rotated to avoid the buildup of pests and diseases. This isn't such a worry if you're growing annuals, but once you have a bug and get into a bigger plot, rotating your growing space will be essential. Number seven, make sure you have some support. Now this is more important than anything of fieldgate flowers we use Harris
fencing. Yes Mr. Chandler owns a
¶ Get down and dirty with your soil.
construction company and all sorts of supports are found in the yard. But when you're planting on a smaller scale, you'll need P net P netting string and twine and plenty of canes. Top Tip Get the supporting your plants before you think you need it. Number eight, get down and dirty. It's always a good idea to know what soil you're dealing with. So it's worth investing in a simple pH and moisture metre from eBay or local garden centre it will set you back less than five
pounds. Remember whatever story you have your need to add compost and nutrition to it and your plants grow from seed to cutting in about 12 weeks. But this takes a lot from the soil which needs to be replaced. Keep a space in your garden for compost is best source of food for your garden. Number nine, look after your babies and this you may not have the luxury of a greenhouse or polytunnel, but
don't let that put you off. The good warm windowsill will be a good start, as well a small cold frame, but it's better to start small and build going big right from the start will be incredibly daunting. Number 10, a hair and a spade. A lot of seeds are sown directly into soil taking things from seed to plant in about 12 weeks. So think about continually sowing and growing. Corn flowers, for instance, are sown every two weeks here right through the
season from April to July. But above everything, please please have fun and enjoy every minute. Thank you