Lifting dahlia tubers before the frost goes deep
How I cut, dig, wash and label tubers, and where they sleep for the winter.
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A short video from the allotment every Saturday: sowing, picking, arranging and the odd muddy morning.
Sowing hardy annuals in October
Seed trays, a cold greenhouse and the flowers that wait out the winter as seedlings.
The last bucket of the year
What is still blooming in the first week of November, and how I arrange it.
First frost on the allotment
The morning the dahlia stalks went black, and what I did before breakfast.
Cutting dahlias so they keep coming
Where to cut, how often to pick and why a bud is better than a bloom.
Taking a bucket of flowers to market by bike
How I pack, tie and carry forty stems without bruising one.
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The Sunday Bucket
A short letter every other Sunday from the allotment: what is blooming, what I sowed and one thing to try.
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