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Let the Planting Begin!

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It’s finally warm and dry enough to plant dahlias!

We’ve had a long, slow, cold, wet spring here in the gorge. After building a greenhouse to get a head start on the bloom season, it’s been frustrating to see our ground temps hover just below where they needed to be for happy tubers. We’ve finally made it, though! So this weekend we prepped the landscape fabric and laid out our rainbow rows. I’ll post the final diagram once it’s finished. 🙂

Rick had the garden all tilled and ready. We added several yards of compost to improve the soil.
We are using landscape fabric to control weeds and keep the water in, with double rows spaced 18″ apart and the plants in the rows 16″ on center. We laid straw under the rows to help with insulation and soil compaction.
I didn’t realize how much work it’s going to be until we started laying them out. We worked on it pretty much all day and got about 70 of the 380 in the ground.
This cute little dude was the shift supervisor. I love jumping spiders!
Making progress! We hope to have them all planted this week.
This one is a new variety that I am so excited about!
Another happy baby.
We added a bunch of collarette styles this year and I’m so excited about it!
Café au Lait is always slow to get going for me, and I am so excited to have one sprouted already, on May 15!
Another collarette I can’t wait to see.
I had so much fun ordering from small farms this year. Great service and great tubers!
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