Thursday, August 15, 2013

Garden Tags

If you're like me, I spend enough on my gardening habit, without adding the expense of buying tags to mark my dahlias. with over three hundred varieties, it can add up to a lot of money. Now for a while, I've been using mini blinds with pretty good results, but over time they become brittle, and break. 

This year I tried something new--wooden tags.  I barely spent any money on this project, and I think I'll be using them for a while.  I went down to my local lumber yard, and picked up what they call "splints" -- little shims of wood that come between layers of lumber to keep them from getting gouged up.  I cut them to length, spritzed a little orange paint on for visibility, and used a Sharpie scientific marker (have to order them through the Staples website--for some reason they don't carry them in their stores).  And voila--cheap tags!




 
Step one--get the wood

   
 
Step two and three and four--cut the tags to length, paint, and label
 
 
 
Then into the garden they go!
 
 

Saturday, August 3, 2013

DahliaGallery 2013

Here is the beginning of the 2013 dahlia gallery. As the dahlias bloom, and after the editing, I will be posting every week. Enjoy!


Red Waterlily
 


Red Waterlily
 

 SantaClaus

 

Spartacus
 

 Spartacus
 
 
Sugar Cane
 

AC Fancy

 

 
AC Rainier
 
 
Park Princess
 
 
Bishop of Llandaff
 
 
Bloomquist Barbara
 
 
Café Au Lait
 
 
Brushstrokes
 
 
Bonne Esperance
 
 
Bristol Stripe
 
 
Bright Star
 

 
Camano Messenger
 

 
Candle Light
 
 
Citron de Cap
 
 
Citron de Cap
 
 
Cryfield Harmany
 
 
Holland Festival
 
 
Fleur
 
 
Edna C
 
 
Dorothy's Slipper
 
 
Dana Iris
 

 
Gay Princess
 
 
Gitt's Attention
 
 
Gramma's Lemon Pie
 
 
Hollyhill Starburst
 
 
Hawaii
 
 
L'Ancresse
 
 
Korb Kandy Dandy
 
 
Kenora Lisa
 

Kasasagi
 


 
Kaleidoscope
 
 
Honka
 
 
Lakeview Glow
 
 
Mardy Gras
 
 
Mel's Louisa
 

 
Neon Splendor
 

 
 Seedling 011-River's Purple Pinwheel
 
 



Ferncliff Copper



Gitt's Attention



Helen Richmond




Hollyhill Bill M




Hollyhill Cotton Candy




Hollyhill Starburst





Big Boy



Kidd's Climax


 


 

Lakeview Glow




Platinum Blonde




Polventon Supreme



Raspberry Royale



 
Zoey Rey 

 

 
Old Gold
 

 
Nuit d'Ete
 
 
Nuit d'Ete
 
 
Dana Iris
 


 
Mingus Nichole


 
Pee Gee
 
 
Pinelands Pam
 
 
Pinot Noir
 

 
Platinum Blonde
 
 
Red Empire
 
 
Robann Sunspot
 
 
Seedling 011-River's Purple Pinwheel
 
 
Seedling 011-River's Purple Pinwheel
 
 
Rip City
 
 
Red Honka
 
 
Ruthie G
 

 
River's Pinwheel
 
 
Spartacus
 
 
Spartacus
 
 
Strawberry Ice
 

 
Sugar Cane
 
 
Taratahi Ruby
 
 
Trooper Dan
 
 
Wildman
 
 
Adrian Brody
 
 
Verrone's Obsidian
 
 
Vancouver
 
 
ZZ Rip
 
AC Magic
 
 
Alloway Candy