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Did you forget about the shampoo ginger plant that I plant on New Year’s Eve? I did 😬!I remembered it early summer and p...
10/06/2026

Did you forget about the shampoo ginger plant that I plant on New Year’s Eve?

I did 😬!

I remembered it early summer and put the pot outside. It had only a tiny sprout poking through the soil. I wasn’t overly optimistic. Then, because the whole summer was one big hot mess, I promptly forgot about it. Until yesterday. I was hanging basil in the greenhouse to dry, found a worm, went to put said worm outside, and promptly discovered something growing in a pot next to the greenhouse. It took me a full 2 minutes to remember that I actually planted something in the pot and it wasn’t just a w**d. Back out to retrieve the pot because we had a frost advisory. Here’s hoping I’ll be able to overwinter it inside and pick up where we left off next year.

Garden WIN…For years I’ve tried to grow this dahlia, Cafe au Lait. Every year…nothing. Not a bloom, not a tuber, sometim...
10/05/2026

Garden WIN…

For years I’ve tried to grow this dahlia, Cafe au Lait. Every year…nothing. Not a bloom, not a tuber, sometimes not even a single sprout. Every year, I spend the money and buy another tuber with hopes that there will finally be success. This year I kind of forgot about her in the midst of all the chaos. While checking some other blooms, I realized there was a new and different looking one. Lo and behold., there she was. Likely the only bloom I’ll get from her this year, but still a bloom nonetheless. A small, much needed, win in a tough season. Here’s hoping I get some viable tubers so she can make a comeback next year with some extra plants.

The Great Sweet Potato Harvest of 2026While slightly disappointing, we will still eat and enjoy them. 🍠 The garden is o...
10/04/2026

The Great Sweet Potato Harvest of 2026

While slightly disappointing, we will still eat and enjoy them. 🍠

The garden is officially done and all things have been harvested. There is still a bunch of work to do, cleaning up in the fall is always bittersweet. I’m always ready to be done but sad when the garden is tucked in, ready for winter. I’m already looking ahead and planning next year. Of course, with high hopes that it will be our comeback year. Lord knows, I desperately need it.

Next up, dahlia tuber digging after first frost.

I think the reason that I am absolutely in love with growing dahlias is the vast variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. I...
09/21/2026

I think the reason that I am absolutely in love with growing dahlias is the vast variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. It’s slightly mind boggling. You can grow dozens of different white dahlias and they can all be vastly different if you want them to be.

Fun facts:
*If you plant a dahlia from seed, chance are it will look nothing like the mother plant. Planting dahlias from the tubers (root) will give you the best chance to have a repeat of the mother plant.
*If grow a dahlia successfully from seed the first year, then from tubers each year after, for three consecutive years you get to name it and are considered the hybridizer. Many dahlias initially grown from seed are culled before making it to year three because of one imperfection or another. It a big, fascinating process…one I someday hope to achieve success in accomplishing.

For now, let me introduce you to:
•Bright Star
•Just Peachy
•Robann Royal
•Preference

Today’s dahlia is Otto’s Thrill.This massive, shimmering, pink bloom is a show stopper. Here’s hoping this one produces ...
09/14/2026

Today’s dahlia is Otto’s Thrill.

This massive, shimmering, pink bloom is a show stopper. Here’s hoping this one produces a ton of tubers this year so we can grow even more next year.

Another new dahlia this year: Colorado Classic.Fun fact: not all dahlias I grow make the cut for another year. Some aren...
09/09/2026

Another new dahlia this year: Colorado Classic.

Fun fact: not all dahlias I grow make the cut for another year. Some aren’t great producers, some I just don’t like, some don’t give up great tubers for storage and replanting, some just have a terrible vase life and are better off left on the plant. Sometimes I just don’t get them planted (like this year). Sometimes the tubers don’t make it through the winter storage. Sometimes ones I think aren’t going to be kept around end up surprising me. Time will tell on this one. We’ll see how she does after being cut and how she performs over the season. She’s pretty but a little tardy to production party.

We have some extra available. Pick up in Otter Lake. $4Unwashed upon request.
09/06/2026

We have some extra available. Pick up in Otter Lake. $4
Unwashed upon request.

Today’s finds in the dahlia patchBluetifulLast DanceHilltop GloCopperBoyGenovaThe rain finally stopped long enough for m...
09/03/2026

Today’s finds in the dahlia patch
Bluetiful
Last Dance
Hilltop Glo
CopperBoy
Genova

The rain finally stopped long enough for me sneaking to the garden to snip a few blooms. I planted really late this year, and only planted a small fraction of what I intended. Nonetheless, I am blessed to have a few stunning beauties finally grace the garden. Next year I will rebuild my dahlia inventory. Until then, I’m showing off what I do have!

One of the new dahlias in the garden this year is Hilltop Glo. While she has a couple of day left before she’s ready to ...
08/29/2026

One of the new dahlias in the garden this year is Hilltop Glo. While she has a couple of day left before she’s ready to cut, I am already in love with her.

Here’s hoping she’s a prolific tuber producer 🤞

Any guesses what we’re planning here?Hint: this “w**d” has been used across generations.
08/24/2026

Any guesses what we’re planning here?

Hint: this “w**d” has been used across generations.

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