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It seemed like my zinnia bed had a chance of beating Mike’s dahlias. But preseason performances can be deceiving. Take the Bears for example. They looked pretty poor this week, but we Chicagoans know they are going to the Superbowl. The big question at our house this preseason was whose garden was going to the . . . → Read More: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – Game On I’ve got two dahlia gardens for you to visit this September – and one is ours! September 4th – Steve Meggos will have his garden open for your viewing pleasure. September 25th – Mike and I would love to have you see our garden. September is prime time for dahlias. They haven’t really liked our . . . → Read More: Two Dahlia Gardens To Visit In September – One Is Ours! It begins – We have two dahlias blooming. From now till frost, the show will just get better and better. Mike has about 100 plants, divided into two gardens. He has told the plants to focus on growing big and strong by disbudding them till recently. Now its time to start reaping the benefits. . . . → Read More: Our First Dahlia Blooms Of The Season! I noticed that not every one of you showed up for Mike’s presentation last night, but I’m still going to share some dahlia growing secrets with you. Sure, you could have learned more if you were at the Lake Zurich Garden Club meeting, or at Mike’s presentation at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, but . . . → Read More: 10 Tips For Planting Dahlias Oh yes, we will have dahlias for sale. The big advantage to buying them at one of the sales is that you are getting a plant, not a tuber. This puts you way ahead of schedule compared to planting the tuber outside in mid-May. It’s the same concept as annual flats – sure you can . . . → Read More: Dahlia Sales Mike and I are both speaking at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. I don’t know how exciting that is for you, but it is certainly exciting for us. The show is at Navy Pier, running from March 10th through 18th. My dear hubby is vice president of the Central States Dahlia Society. He grows . . . → Read More: Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Mike and I Are Speaking!! Days like today remind me that gardening, like so many ventures, is more about the ride than the results. Don’t get me wrong, I do love having a table full of dahlias to share, like these from a few weeks ago. And I love having this view as just one part of the vista we . . . → Read More: Enjoying November Gardening Tasks I hate to admit it, but next month at this time, my garden will be pretty much done for the year. So I’m not going to admit it. I’m going to be oblivious to reality and just enjoy that my garden still has beautiful flowers. Oh sure there are dahlias. With 100 plants that go . . . → Read More: The End Is Near On Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Beautiful flowers for Shermin. Creative fun for me. Looks like a win-win. Shermin’s engagement party just happened to fall during prime dahlia season. You can see that I had no shortage of blooms for table arrangements. Yes, there was quite a palette to pick from. You can see here that we even grow dinner-plate . . . → Read More: Shermin’s Day Pink. Today I am doing pink. More like PINK than pink. On the 15th of each month, bloggers post on what’s blooming in their garden. I want to fully comply, but I’m just going to have to stick with one category, or this blog will go on for days. So pink it is. Our honeysuckle . . . → Read More: Pretty In Pink On Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day |
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