05/19/2026
Dahlia planting is done! 👏👏👏 To be accurate, my hubby, two grown-up children, and I finished planting over 150 dahlia tubers over the weekend across four garden areas around my property. Most of the hard work was done by my hubby and kids, including digging out grass and overgrown weeds, tilling the soil, and putting up fencing to keep the chickens away from the freshly planted plants.
First bed: west fence-in garden, 40 dahlias in the same color palette - purple and lavender.
Second bed: west fence-out garden, about 60 dahlias in pink and white, and a few random ones.
Third bed: southwest fence-out garden, unknown numbers of dahlias, mostly orange and whatever fits there.
Forth bed: southeast-out bed: whatever still lefts and IDC- i dont care- tubers were dumped and buried in. My 23 seedlings were all crammed in a small corner of the bed.
It is Done. Thank you family!
Now just wait and enjoy the harmonic chaos of summer flowers and insects, fogetting all about the hard work we put into it.
