Hello, it's Tuesday 30 June 2026.
Temperatures have finally dropped - thank goodness! That heatwave was intense.
In tonight's episode I'm talking about the perennials I've just been planting on the field and how I bought them guilt-free, thanks to the new technique I've adopted, called Profit First. I've put the name of the book below in case you're interested in reading it. I'm so motivated to see that I have already made a profit this year, and I can't tell you how exciting that is!
I'm also talking about another new technique I'm trying called Relay Planting. This means establishing a new crop in a bed with an existing crop, before the existing crop has completely finished. It turns on its head the idea that you have to wait for a crop to finish (and clear it away) before you can start the next crop. I'm hoping that this technique will make my planting spaces work much more efficiently for me, so that I can maximise every square metre of bed space. If you're working in a small space, you might be interested in this: check out The Living Soil Handbook for lots more information on relay planting.
I hope you have a great week - please come back and join me for the next episode.
Books I talk about in tonight's episode:
Profit First by Michael Michalowicz
The Living Soil Handbook by Jesse Frost
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