Six on Saturday: The Before, The Now and The Future
Today, it’s six images—from the past, from the present, and from what is yet to come.
Each year it’s the same – I pot up the dahlia tubers and look forward to the day when the garden will be vibrant with the colour, shape, and form of spectacular dahlia blooms! Like many others in this country, the miserable summer weather of 2024 was a challenge for plants. The abundance of snails here had only one aim – to eat everything in the garden. However, it wasn’t all gloom, the dahlias bloomed but did fall short of expectations because of an excess of rain, wind damage and snails with their insatiable appetites. But as every gardener, amateur or professional will testify, there’s always the hope of a better growing season one year ahead!
At the first frosts, the tubers were lifted, cleaned, drained upside down in the greenhouse and stored in open crates in the garage. l checked them just before Christmas and they were fine, but another look a few weeks ago revealed a sorry sight. Every dahlia tuber was mouldy and rotten and every last one had to be binned.
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Notes From My Garden 