Splitting and Potting Dahlias and Sowing Seed - a spring day in the garden at Common Farm Flowers

Georgie Newbery, flower farmer, florist, and founder of Common Farm Flowers spends an April day splitting and potting up dahlias and sowing seed - join her for lots of useful gardening tips and tricks x
I thought it would be a quick session with lots of time to include prepping for tomorrow's Living Easter Wreath demo - but as is often the case with gardening (for which I'm v grateful!) potting up dahlias and sowing seeds takes time, and in order to achieve objectives properly one must slow down and concentrate.
So I'm going to do another clip for the Living Easter Wreath prep.
THIS clip is all about splitting dahlias, sowing seeds, spacing, watering, protecting, counting, curating, nice coffee cups, toast and marmalade... and all the things I'm lucky to consider part of my job here on the flower farm at Common Farm between fashionable Bruton and up and coming Wincanton here in not terribly sunny today Somerset.
Yes, it's spring break, the kids are on holiday, I have a cricked neck, but the show must still go on so here we go, sowing seeds and potting dahlias and and and and and and. Enjoy!
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[@MsYingyang2]

Your marmalade on bread looks sooooo delicious. You are such a delight to watch. I look forward to each and every episode. Your watering can tip for hanging on post is genius.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thank you so much! x

[@catherineatkinson1729]

Oooh la la !!!!! Loved this video. My school French classes are finally paying off. Not only are you a great gardener but, also a great entertainer. Merci beaucoup!

[@theflowerfarmer]

De rien xxx 😘

[@rechelleday408]

I ABSOLUTELY love you!!! Such great advice, and you’re beautiful without the makeup 😘. Who has time for it anyway 💜

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ah Thankyou x

[@MusingsFromTheDen]

Best intro ever! 😂🇫🇷 Half an hour of you is absolutely delightful and I would definitely vote 'yes' for more videos this length! 😁

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ah Thankyou x

[@carolinehorne6505]

Georgie you are a blast and you make me smile and are medicine for my mental health. Bless you. 😘

[@theflowerfarmer]

any time x

[@briannegarcia5660]

I've just found you here in California (probably because The Google overheard me lamenting my mistakes at growing my first dahlias), and am so enjoying you - and your mum! Thank you for "keeping it real" and just a bit silly. Looking forward to catching up with your content.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Welcome aboard! x

[@susancanning1760]

Georgie I saw you on Escape to the Country last night. It was a 2019 broadcast. I watch that program often & wish I could buy one of the lovely homes. My Mom was born in Lincolnshire & met my Dad in London during the war. I often wish they had stayed in England instead of moving to Canada. I feel that in my next life I shall be an Englishwoman living in my stone & thatched cottage tending my garden........one can only dream...😌

[@theflowerfarmer]

That escape to the country was fun - I wonder what happened to the couple x

[@shellylockhart1506]

You amaze me …what you accomplish!

[@theflowerfarmer]

just one foot in front of the other x

[@debrabray8855]

An hour would be just fine! Love watching all that you do to grow your beautiful garden.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ah Thankyou x

[@shellylockhart1506]

I just found you! I have grown dahlias because my mom grew them and her mom grew them . We have always just planted straight into the ground in May ..after dividing the bulbs that survived the winter storage . Winter storage is always a variable thing of course but most survive thankfully . I am lucky to have a dry and not too cold basement where I store the bulbs in bins with lids and loose peat . I never knew how to correctly divide the bulbs so thanks for showing that !

[@theflowerfarmer]

lol - not sure I do it 'correctly' but it works for me. x these days I'm keener on taking cuttings and getting rid of the old tubers altogether - unless it's a cold spring like this one when the cuttings took forever to get going x

[@agnieszkakowalska6352]

love your sense of humor. all the best from Warsaw Poland

[@theflowerfarmer]

hello Warsaw! x

[@nicolacretney3257]

You deserve lots of #buymeacoffee treats for the laughing through this film - particularly loved the instagram hair do and sinking tripod positioning ;-) xx

[@theflowerfarmer]

I am a tech disaster x

[@melfishdes]

Dearest Georgie, you’re just such good company as I do as u in my studio!xxxx

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ah Thankyou x

[@venusolson7816]

I am a new subscriber…love your channel. And particularly love the different coloured socks. 😂😂

[@theflowerfarmer]

Yay! Thank you! x

[@leonienolan511]

Was delighted to see a new video pop up ,, your an absolute tonic ,, loved your "very Instagram " bit 😀, you have to be my favourite you tuber , honestly its like popping over to see a friend , love your real style of content ,,

[@theflowerfarmer]

Ah Thankyou x

[@joannekoury4156]

BEAUTIFUL.

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@susanhaynes4502]

Well done..

[@theflowerfarmer]

thankyou x

[@honoregale856]

Lovely to have you back Georgie. I stuck with you the bitter end and thoroughly enjoyed the video. I love your confidence. Thoroughly agree about decompressing. Unfortunately once I have decompressed I then start to fret and worry about germination etc.! I am too impatient. Have a great weekend.

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thankyou- I know how you feel x

[@adunn5173]

I’m going to keep the dirt on my dahlia’s from now on! TY

[@theflowerfarmer]

works for me x

[@susancanning1760]

I love your choice of pink & white socks😍💐

[@theflowerfarmer]

I am all the chic x

[@bluetreedog1205]

Always a pleasure watching your videos cheers😀

[@theflowerfarmer]

THANKYOu x

[@shanlynwebb]

I shall look forward to the cut flower clip 👍🏼

[@theflowerfarmer]

It’s up x enjoy x

[@tamiratliff4459]

I always learn from you, see you🤗

[@theflowerfarmer]

Thankyou x

[@hannahbest2274]

Brilliant!

[@theflowerfarmer]

thank you x

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

a wagon full of full watering cans would reduce the walking back and forth and be cheaper than installing a tap. Side note, I find escaping to my seed room very peaceful and I will be sad to see the room run its course this year in a month or so.

[@theflowerfarmer]

You’re so right!

[@sunniesflowerco]

I am obsessed with your channel and learning as much as possible! I did not know such glorious bouquets were even possible! Just one question?? Are the grass pathways easy to maintain? I'm trying to decide what kind of pathways to have in my expanded garden area and your grass pathways look so nice. 😘

[@theflowerfarmer]

Easy peasy xxx

[@hesketh42]

Merci madame georgie tres bon je suis plus calme gras à toi

[@theflowerfarmer]

Phew!

[@Tracymw99]

Your american accent 😂😂😂 “spring break” ~ Tracy in 🇺🇸

[@theflowerfarmer]

it's terrible! x

[@tonilopezvera4098]

Hello Georgie, I,m Sarah, following you from Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain😘😘

[@theflowerfarmer]

Hello there Mallorca! x

[@paulinemalpas1749]

Hi Georgie you make flower growing look so easy. I just can't get dahlias to get past slugs and snails here so never get lovely blooms like you. How do you manage with that. I live fairly close to you on the Mendips so there should be very little difference in soil and climate. Best wishes Pauline

[@theflowerfarmer]

The awful thing is that the longer you garden organically the less slug damage you have because you have more predators - but you have to take the hit for a few years until the whole food chain we’ll established - good luck x

[@paulinemalpas1749]

@@theflowerfarmer thanks georgie. I am completely organic already. Make comfrey tea and have 3 big compost bays 2 little ponds with frogspawn. Never use any pesticides but will keep trying in our fairly big wildish garden to get just a few dahlias growing soon but we are in our late 70s now so doing what we can. Love your KZbin videos.

[@theflowerfarmer]

@@paulinemalpas1749 it takes a while but eventually - we just saw a too quick to photograph young stoat skittering across the meadow - which is good because our lovely neighbour keeps chickens so there are rats and the stoat family will prey on the rats in the lane x

[@jeffreyirwin1135]

Interesting how you separate your dalialias. Laura on Garden Answer would split them further. She gets huge flowers each season

[@theflowerfarmer]

Sometimes I do - depends on how they split and how many I need - I don’t need huge flowers but I do need lots x

[@bluetreedog1205]

Hello again. Thanks for making me chuckle and all the good advice. Une petite question do you grow amaranth. As i am and i think i May have left them in there little pots and this May have stressed them. As only 7 cm tall and appear to have started forming flowers not sure if it is worth planting out or if they will be stunted. ? Bonne journée bisous 😀😀

[@theflowerfarmer]

I do grow amaranth - haven’t sown mine yet x

[@sandrinefresne6575]

Qu’est-ce qui se passe avec le ventilateur? Ça sent mauvais? Is it blowing nasty smells? Great video. Thanks

[@theflowerfarmer]

It is a polite way of saying the 💩is a little close to the fan for my liking x

[@kimfox5186]

But did the shit ever hit the fan? Thanks for a very enjoyable video. Have you lived in France?

[@theflowerfarmer]

I feel very end of the worldish at the mo - gardening is so calming! - alors la merde et la ventilateur - glad you enjoy the video - yes I used to live in Paris x

[@kimfox5186]

@@theflowerfarmer thought so 😉 yes gardening is very calming.

[@adunn5173]

Georgie hello, what zone are you?

[@theflowerfarmer]

8 x

[@mrsrabbitsmoments8854]

I'm misitified as to what is too close to what????and why is it causing you angst?? BTW I'm very uncultured😄🥰

[@theflowerfarmer]

The 💩 is too close to the fan xxx 😘

[@sarahlovesdonuts9601]

Labels😂😂😂. I thought you said the name of a female body part😂😂😂. I almost stit out my coffee🤣🤣🤣

[@theflowerfarmer]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@joannbaumann4028]

LOL. I use closed captions for some of the flower names.

[@jimmason1072]

Ah...trying to make it through the day.....then you must have hidden the red 🍷 from the viewers sight.....🤫

[@theflowerfarmer]

Haha - I’ll say cin cin this evening! Xxx

[@jimmason1072]

@@theflowerfarmer came home watered the stuff growing in the hot box....let the chickens out and sitting in the 🌞 with🍷 myself....

[@theflowerfarmer]

@@jimmason1072 perfect x

[@dadamdudum]

Yay to mismatched socks !

[@theflowerfarmer]

All the best people!