I am so excited to share this with you. 

Paul and Barbara Bloomquist — Whatcom County Dahlia Royalty, hybridizers of 100s of show dahlias, and winners of at least a dozen dahlia show prizes — came and shared at my garden club last weekend.  Of course I took copious notes and here are all the juicy tidbits, in the order in which we need them this fall. 

Was your favorite tuber wait-listed? If it comes available later, you can add-on to your original order to save on shipping.

I think one of the reasons I enjoy growing dahlias as much as I do is that they take the sting out of the end of summer and the onset of the grey wet season. Here are our beds, rejoicing in the October sun.

Last spring my clever husband built new raised beds for the dahlias out of scrap roofing material. See the progress from spring to autumn.

In this blog post I will cover: How to Store Dahlia Tubers Review ( from Tips & Tools for Dividing & Storing Dahlia Tubers); Temperature Control for Overwintering Dahlia Tubers; Humidity Control for Overwintering Dahlia Tubers; Devices for Monitoring Temperature and Humidity for Overwintering Dahlia Tubers

The first post of a garden blog should start with a bit of poetry, don’t you agree? For what is a flower garden, but a poem for the eyes?