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On Your Farm: Daffodil bulb harvest

Daffodil bulb harvest

BBC Radio 4 - On Your Farm, Daffodil bulb harvest

Sarah Swadling finds out how daffodil bulbs get from field to garden centre.

Sarah Swadling discovers what it takes to get daffodil bulbs from Lincolnshire field to garden centre.

The Taylor family have been in the flower bulb business for four generations. Sarah Swadling visits their Lincolnshire farm as the daffodil bulb harvest is in full swing. Taylor’s grows 150 hectares of daffs for bulbs, as well as buying them from local farmers. The company also sources and packs other flower bulbs from around the world. Sarah finds out what it takes to get them from the field to being ready to plant in the garden this autumn.

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