Welcome to Sundays at Lark Rose, an in-depth round up of what goes on in my developing flower farm business for paid subscribers. I’m Olivia and this is all about Lark Rose, a flower farm in South Ayrshire near the West Coast of Scotland that I started in my back garden in 2021. I started developing an overgrown half-acre walled garden plot in 2023, and I’m learning every day how to run a tiny business. If you’re aspiring to start your own flower farm, are in the early stages of that journey, want week-by-week guidance for your flowers at home or are interested in the (often bumpy!) path of growing a business, this is for you.
This week
Finally, some seed sowing can get underway. Don’t get carried away, people, last frosts are still a long way off, but some stuff takes a long time to get to flowering point, and with a greenhouse available they can be started now (more details below). Otherwise, this week just held more battles with landscape fabric and intermittent rain. Roll on Pancake Day. I can’t even put many pictures in, because there’s only so often you can look at a muddy field with interest.
Here’s what the flower farming business looked like this week…
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