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Dahlias

January 16, 2017 by Sheila

Pink Dahlia

                            Left to Right:  *  Sellwood Glory   *   Cafe Au Lait   *   Maki *   Iceberg    *    LÁncresse   *   B-Man Here is my order from Swan Island Dahlias. I’ve borrowed their photographs because I await some brown, somewhat  sweet potato-shaped tubers. These magnificent […]

Filed Under: Cut Flowers, Gardening Tagged With: cut flowers, dahlias, gardening, growing dahlias, Swan Island Dahlias, tubers

Chitting Potatoes

March 25, 2015 by Sheila

Chitting Potatoes

They’re not pretty, but the results are sublime. And, if you’ve never tasted freshly dug organic potatoes, you are in for a treat this summer! Why chit? Pre-sprouting your seed potatoes will make for an earlier harvest, give the plants a jump on blight, and prevent pale, elongated, brittle shoots from growing in the bag […]

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: chitting, gardening, potatoes

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