Ahhh what a lovely story @AnniD Amazing that they cared and looked after a hedgehog whilst living and working in a war zone. It definitely shows...
Yes that does sound very difficult @fairygirl and I’m not sure I’d bother in your case!I’m lucky as I have a garage so dig them up and lay...
Thank you for your lovely comments @CarolineL and @Plantminded but I don’t know that I can take that much credit! They must just like where they...
I'm here to big up the dahlias!!!I know it's a bit of a faff digging them up and storing them overwinter AND trying to overcome the slug problem...
I'm sure a determined hedgehog would get through your dead hedge @fairygirl This is the first year we've had a hedgehog take up residence; in...
I'm so happy, about a year ago we built a hedgehog house and filled it with straw. I checked regularly but no residents, even though we have...
[ATTACH] I'm so happy ... we built this hedgehog house over a year ago and I've checked it regularly but no residents. Yesterday I peeped in the...
My bed of dahlias is proving very popular at the moment with loads of bees and butterflies. Normally there would be other flowers in bloom but...
My vegetable garden is slowly being taken over by dahlias, every year I add more as they provide me with cut flowers for months.[ATTACH]Beauty...
At this time of the year, dahlias are definitely the flowers that give me most joy.[ATTACH]Caitlins Joy[ATTACH]Cafe Au Lait[ATTACH]...
Love your dahlias @Plantminded I think I’ll add Waltzing Matilda to my list for next year, it’s gorgeous.
Yes I’m waiting for the August lull as well @pete moneywise at least!
I used to always deadhead my petunias @John Stern but an experienced petunia grower on this forum said he never bothered and they still flowered...
Thanks for making it a sticky thread @JWK :smile:I grow mine in a raised bed for cutting as well and it keeps my vases full until about...
I can see why people become addicted to dahlias, I'm heading that way :) they're just such so symmetrically perfect!Peaches[ATTACH]Cornel...
What a brilliant nesting season it's been for birds this year. I normally only see a couple of chaffinches in my garden but I counted 10 the...
Oops here's the rest ...Cornel Brons[ATTACH]Copper Boy [ATTACH]Peaches [ATTACH]Beauty Queen[ATTACH]Wizard of Oz [ATTACH]Should...
Thought I'd start a thread so people can post photos of their beautiful dahlias now they've started flowering. I love seeing other people's...
Dahlias are really starting to flower, lots of blooms on Wizard of Oz.[ATTACH]Different colours of Copper Boy, it fades as it gets older....
My Shirley tomatoes always get BER, it's seems to affect the first lot but the later ones aren't affected. So this year I decided not to grow...
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