04/10/2026
Grim tidings! The week before last we discovered we'd lost a sizeable chunk of our dried flower stock to mould. If you're enjoying your breakfast, don't swipe.
This has never happened to us before; we're always very careful to ensure everything is bone dry before we flat-pack it and move it into storage. Storage has usually meant our bedrooms and living rooms but this year we'd put aside a bit of cash to rent a small room as a studio for the winter.
We thoroughly checked it out before moving our stuff in, (dry, clean, warm, no visible signs of damp or existing mould - âś“âś“âś“âś“) and we'd barely begun properly unpacking as things were still busy on the farm.
Only two weeks later, we found that mould had spread like wildfire through crates and crates of our flowers. We stopped ourselves from sobbing as there was apparently enough moisture in the air already, but we have had to toss quite a few bags' worth.
This means we'll have much less stock than previous years for dried flower sales, which will sadly impact our winter income. After the driest growing season ever, this hefty dose of irony is not lost on us...and to think of all the watering, energy, labour, etc. that went into getting those flowers to that stage. It's a real kick in the nuts.
Needless to say, we've now left that place after salvaging what we could, and are back to drying everything in our homes and kind friends' homes, with dehumidifiers humming away into the night. Silver-ish lining is that we've been able to do a few emergency picks from the field while the rain and frost are holding off, to recoup some of the loss.
Anyway, getting to the main point: our Christmas wreath workshop that was supposed to be taking place in the studio on Saturday 5th of December has been relocated to a covered barn at the farm. It will still be dry and less mouldy than the studio, so do come along! You can find all the event details and book tickets via our website, on the 'Events' page. (Link in bio).
Thank ye! X
