In Leiu of Flowers.....

Yes, the Dahlias are done for good now. Only a few hardy garden flowers remain unscathed. In a few weeks we will start to dig the tubers and prepare them for storage over the winter. Not an easy task as the dahlias require to be kept at a temperature so as not to freeze them, but not break into eyes as well. Time for a long winter's snooze.

Tuber dehydration is another concern....or too much humidity. It is a balancing act and everyone who grows Dahlias has their own ritual of over winter storage which works for them. Plants and flowers are like anything else which is perishable, sometimes you do everything right and it dies, sometimes you do everything wrong and it lives. And then there's the time when you want something to die, kick the bucket, perish, and it just keeps on, and on and on......like an old hag with nothing else to do but wine....(ahem)...whine.




Here I am traversing the frosty veld, hunting wiley bunny and deer. What no pigeons?