https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog daily 0.75 2024-02-25 https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog/ranunculus-the-goldilocks-of-the-flower-world monthly 0.5 2024-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/2e6a67d6-a9d0-42c2-a8fb-9d6f3bbfc55e/tempImage42mK0p.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Make it stand out Salmon and Pastel Amandine Ranunculus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/0eacfccb-a23d-4d10-a74c-85b58f07928b/tempImagezl1xaE.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Porridge: Soaking and Presprouting It is now late winter (January and February), you have just bought a bunch of dried and dead plant matter, and you are wondering how they will turn into the beautiful flowers you have seen in photos. Time to start the soaking and presprout process! It is possible to place the corms directly into the soil but it will take longer for them to get going and there is a greater chance that something could go wrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/4b3d03b4-8384-44d1-98f2-7d17202a9ab9/tempImageDuqCo0.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Soak corms for about four hours in not too hot and not too cold water. I leave the water on at a trickle to continuously introduce air into the bucket which keeps that water from getting stagnant or providing bacteria a chance to grow. A fish bubbler is also a great way to keep the water moving. The corms should plump up and now resemble healthy octopi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/eacc236f-10ab-4979-9c7f-a4657a04f86d/tempImagex7T3Ve.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Find A Comfy Chair: Growing on The corms have started to grow! Roots and small tips are pushing out and reaching for light. It is time to move those trays or containers to a light source. This could be a greenhouse (ideal if it is minimally heated and vented to keep the corms between 32 and 60 degrees), grow lights about 2-3 inches from the top of the sprouts, or outside if the temperatures allow for it. The more exposure to cold that the corms have, the better their root development and the hardier the plants are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/2d769d6b-1bb3-4551-814f-674a49f3ab96/tempImageBUcNJ6.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Look for a Cozy Bed: Planting out Corms should be placed about 6-9 inches apart depending on whether you plan to add companion plants. I use tight spacing because I want to fit as many as possible into my raised bed. Offset planting allows for perfect planting spots between the corms. Stock, silver tip wheat, cress, and giving saponaria a try this year are companion plants that have been successful so far. In the photo, you can see the hoop/low tunnel set up along with the close spacing of the ranunculus. In this bed, I have little stock babies planted between the corms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/f49fb41e-a578-40b5-8eb2-e97b7760f3cb/tempImageKt39TL.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - The Nap: Waiting for Blooms Your corms have sprouted and it is time to wait for those blooms to set. While you wait, there is no napping allowed. These plants need food (Neptune’s Harvest, worm tea, compost tea, calcium you made) every other week for strong plants. It is also a good time to monitor for voles as these are very tasty treats just waiting to be munched. Look for tunnels, leaves pulled toward the edges, or corms completely dug up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/82d6322e-2615-488e-917c-2c577a42aac7/IMG_9597.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Wake Up its Party Time! Didn’t you know Goldilocks invited Little Bear to her birthday party where she gave out ranunculus favors to all the guests! Hmmm, maybe I’m making up the ranunculus part but she did have a party if you ever read The Jolly Postman as a kid. It is time to harvest or simply enjoy all the effort you put into making these flowers bloom. They are showing off their color and petals and if you give them a slight squeeze, they feel like a marshmallow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/73f0995e-ae1a-48c8-963c-81ed59b75705/tempImageG1ks1S.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/644fdbd8-854a-490b-92fa-dfee8201b34c/tempImagekSUCq0.jpg Garden Blog - Ranunculus: The Goldilocks of the Flower World - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog/dahlias-through-the-seasons-winter-cuttings monthly 0.5 2023-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/18295cf1-dcac-4af1-9815-9d53ac3a4309/IMG_0288.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Tools and supplies: Rooting Hormone Exacto Knife or other sharp cutting blade Pencil Seed starting soil mix Tray and plug insert (I use half of a 72 plug tray) Tall Humidity Dome Heat Mat Thermostat for heat mat Grow lights- shop lights or leds (a sunny window will not be enough) Dahlia tubers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/9c7de99a-f513-4555-acd1-f0a372fcc841/763485D5-E172-41FD-8950-4E8183A5B843.jpeg Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/cfac0119-d935-45fe-80da-e6e09f321d12/EBBB8636-5196-4409-9DB7-A259668316C3.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/92f00482-247e-4cf5-ae7a-bb60e01cfb3e/markedcuttings.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Take your tuber, exacto knife (be sure to clean this between every tuber to prevent the spread of disease or viruses), and rooting hormone out. Sprinkle a small about of rooting hormone on a paper plate, do not dip the cutting into the container (again, prevent the spread of disease). Using your knife, cut the sprout from the crown of the tuber. Get as close to the crown as you can without damaging the crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/ca73f0fd-f561-4740-aa66-5742d3412c9c/47CD0E8D-1283-422C-89B6-37FF51DD2817.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Remove the lower leaves and cut any larger leaves at the top in half. The video included at the end will show this in more detail! Removing the leaves will prevent moisture loss as the cutting works to create new roots. Dip the cut portion of your stem into the rooting hormone and then place the cutting into the pencil hole. Tamp down on the soil around the cutting and make sure it is nice and secure. The soil will compress quite a bit and that is fine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/2fe4af68-e592-4b46-9687-264f60340fec/50D1A00A-84E1-4E61-8596-98B527D3CB12.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/3fa1c1ba-5c1e-4e5f-96d5-24056e379ad6/5A47A13C-65DD-4171-A327-4D3774DDB105.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715644827-EJ5PYLZJX25EMFPG70KH/7C3AE9FD-DE41-465C-9E5F-3D301EA11142.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715533043-J2UORNGTES7KLBD0POUM/IMG_1573.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715539400-QWFWPDDBLOUIFRVB00CT/IMG_1585.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715545964-NR09LU1NVA1UYV82FNYR/IMG_1590.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715557703-DWKP342YBR84H4HI5IYL/IMG_1592.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1642715558339-HA9R9RZR4HA7E65XBIHB/IMG_1594.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias through the Seasons: Winter Cuttings https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog/dahlias-through-the-seasons-winter-tuber-dividing monthly 0.5 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/39fc5a98-2a03-4705-aabc-36e0ffa7e381/871A041E-B65B-4C3A-98E9-79C45FF5E4E6.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - One of the most daunting and tricky of tasks can be dividing your dahlia clumps. Out of the ground, they are an intimidating mass of tubers that benefit from division. Like perennials, dahlias benefit from division every year, or every few years, because they will begin to compete with each other for nutrients, leading to fewer flowers. Dividing your dahlia clumps is beneficial for the plants and a great way to multiply the number of plants you put in the ground next year. The other is taking cuttings which will be discussed in a separate Winter post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/55595722-fa0e-4b6a-af23-d0a1c854b2e5/7D9ADCBB-888D-43CD-A3B9-B849DDD8CC15.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Winter Divide: I divide in late winter, usually February, when I am ready to start waking the tubers up and when I start taking cuttings of the dahlias I wish to have more of. The cons: tubers have toughened up so it is more difficult to divide the clumps, eyes are less visible than just after digging (but easier to see if they have begun to wake up), it is a messy process so use a drop cloth. The pros: tuber clumps overwinter better (for me!), I have limited time in the fall to divide, and it gives me a physical task to tackle in the dead of winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/2097b1ce-6a33-4ffc-b206-19c77c64fcf8/34BD26EB-DA94-484A-8F4F-C1CDA511FD13.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Fall Divide: I recently dug and divided a clump for the purposes of this blog and I it is SO MUCH EASIER! The tubers are soft and have. not toughened up from months in storage, the eyes are a little easier to see (although still tricky), and all the washing can be done outside. However, storage becomes a bit more difficult unless you plan on the Saran Wrap method or bins with vermiculite. The conditions for storing single tubers needs to be a bit more precise than if storing as whole clumps protected by a layer of soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/f0df0987-9058-4d1b-b87d-0f8461e4883b/DD020A3D-C89A-4DED-9537-EAED5F0BC4D2.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/c7574e58-9b41-4bdc-8ad7-782e7e4d3cc6/0487E12A-ADD5-4BF4-B9F5-C609ABA8D0B5.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Study your clump- identify where the stalks attach to the tubers (this is the crown portion), the necks (can be short or long), and the tuber (large storage body). Dividing just after digging also allows you to identify the mother tubers (the original tubers which look more wrinkled and dark). You will also notice that each stalk has a group of tubers attached to it. These might be intertwined with each other but it is a good place to start when dividing. At this point, you can clean up the ends of the tubers by trimming off any roots or long tuber tails. I have three methods of dividing: look for eyes and cut out those tubers, divide by stalk clumps, and when clumps are very large, divide into smaller more manageable pieces before seaching for eyes or natural divisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635989809555-MCTX95NJWEBACZONHAPQ/30BDFC0B-D90A-4BE0-98EF-E1CD92C1ACF1.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635989821025-PTMA1E0C9W2VK9ZHZXXS/064D4C0A-8562-4301-A19E-B8A3025108C7.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635989904315-YPE28GCGABRSZLSZ6OH8/7A45CBF6-29C3-4888-8C39-25AD78669CC6.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635990246585-3FI34UYOJFJSRZ7ZQHRJ/3F37C40C-FBC4-40B1-83E2-73C27C473939.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/b2a5aec6-2756-44c1-bc8e-3771efd8e0d2/4F6F1405-A2E5-497B-8F7C-92EE2010C7CC.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Step 1- Study Find the mother tubers- these can be cut away or saved depending on how they look. These were pretty rough so I decided to cut them off. Trim the roots and long tails. Identify the stalks and where they connect to the tubers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/89689101-863a-43c7-8f5e-7364303161a5/4AE21460-F50B-4B6F-823F-2530E7AEC837.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Step 2- Start easy! This stalk connects to a fresh set of tubers and stands out from the others. It makes for an easy first cut. It will also allow me to cut the mother tubers away since they are located just below this newly formed clump. An eye is visible above one of the tubers which makes it viable for next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/359b8290-c9c0-4f70-8ad2-6aa369485454/19780814-76E4-4950-864C-53C166E372E6.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Step 3 - Separate Carefully untangle any tubers as you life away the piece you cut from the main clump. Set it aside for further dividing if necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635992202802-FU8ZTBM60W9RO0M2GZ3A/81855DC5-B673-45AC-BA0A-B310D31D6879.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635992209086-M6IHQ0RDL4NLBNT8BCE9/A18B624C-B0BD-4F16-922B-AAA3A3C609CD.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635992216308-UGBEON9QP5JCV7Y7HWLP/B9019336-4721-4CAD-BE55-9AB6DA64DD0F.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1635992668809-38HGU1KIFJB1CY77ZS1R/7B68492B-E96E-4F11-A198-4ACB78EFD8EB.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/c35026b6-aeb1-4437-bef3-106ba3bc37b1/FD3A1041-0241-45C4-937A-EA6BC607AC98.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Step 5- Make another cut! Keep looking for natural divisions in the tuber clump. When you find one, insert your snips into the clump, starting shallow and going deeper if necessary. Check the bottom to avoid damaging tubers below when cutting. If you spot an eye with a tuber attached, cut it out of the clump. Make sure the eye is fully attached to it’s energy source or it will not grow. If it is in a tricky spot, continue dividing easier pieces until you come back around to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/0e4aef6d-9eee-4dca-b3bd-d7c321695191/AA4B49EE-803B-4D6B-884A-5ECD2D3CBB33.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Winter Tuber Dividing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog/dahlias-through-the-seasons-autumn monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632791533669-20N30Q3PPUN11PLWJYCZ/tempImagemmun1e.gif Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632878681327-BFJ7CXICYNRYR8MAHIAE/309FBD3F-A35B-413B-BF07-A4D9551E5889.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn - Dahlia bloom protected by an organza bag, just look at that perfection! A bud that I missed covering which became a hungry caterpillars’ lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632792766104-6OEY5YPSMI4XM43K7W67/tempImagec8C6dt.gif Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn - Label: Your flowers are blooming and you want to keep the tubers for next year. LABEL, LABEL, LABEL! Trust me, label your dahlias while the flowers are blooming. You will not remember once the frost comes no matter how many times you tell yourself that you will (done that several times.. ). Labeling will help you plan your garden for the following year, make swapping tubers easier, and will help identify those tubers that you may want to propagate in late winter/early spring. Tie a label onto the very bottom of the stem and make sure its snug, don’t want it to get lost during the DIG. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632793929427-S858SRS2EGLNQM68TNK0/tempImageLr2zfq.gif Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn - Cut Back, Wait, Dig: After the frost has killed your plants, cut the stalks back to a couple inches above the soil line. Wait another week or two if possible before digging up the tubers. This will give them time to redirect their energy and to form eyes which is where the plant will grow from next season. The tubers need to be lifted before the ground freezes and makes it difficult to get them out (been there…). I have also dug them out in the middle of a snowstorm where I lost a good percentage of labels. Don’t be like me! Choose a cool sunny day to dig the dahlia tuber clumps out of the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632794098480-K4K7A2HR238EF1OJF3S4/7D9ADCBB-888D-43CD-A3B9-B849DDD8CC15.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632794129852-JPYC92788L609VUPUYAY/33A912D8-8FEF-4607-A4F7-EB3B85C50423.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632794250586-JVF5A8I0WTQMT2ADH38W/CAD02D56-DE47-43A0-9233-C2096A59E64A.JPG Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1632855394594-WD765T66M382LU89ILXF/IMG_7474.jpg Garden Blog - Dahlias Through the Seasons: Autumn - Make it stand out So many to choose and all so beautiful! https://www.brickhousebloomsma.com/garden-blog/anyone-can-cook monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1614566128910-TSCEMDUWNBXV46LO8K7V/tempImage46Vx7X.jpg Garden Blog - “Anyone can cook.” - Banana Pancakes - recipe adapted from Once Upon A Chef with Jenn Segal 1 - 1/2 cups of flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 - 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 duck(large) eggs 1 cup (plus a splash more) almond milk 2 very ripe bananas 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 teaspoon cinnamon To make, mash bananas in a bowl then add all the wet ingredients, mix well. Add the brown sugar and mix. Mix the dry in a separate bowl or just add them to the wet like I do and mix (why get another bowl dirty?). Cook in a nonstick skillet and feed to hungry munchkins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ff673dbfecfce2c71b60601/1614566946866-2KUXMFL36ZCPQC8DQPOB/BFA5A43D-4DB3-45B1-8577-4151E4DF1264.JPG Garden Blog - “Anyone can cook.” - Garden Quick Design Here is my layout for my rose garden this spring. It is a rough sketch which can be adjusted as needed to fit the plants that I want to be included. Some of these plants are more permanent (the vitex and peonies) where as others can be transplanted if they don’t work. 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It started as a stress reliever and slowly became a passion that I now share with my kids. Every year, I have created a new garden and it always starts with “Why.” The first garden added some color to the front yard and became home to my favorite spring shrubs, Snowball Viburnums. The second garden was to fill in a space that had been home to three large pines. The third, was a garden focused on providing a space for pollinators, specifically Monarch butterflies. The fourth has become a peony and rose garden, because who doesn’t want to smell those all spring and summer. The fifth, is a shade garden for hellebores and hydrangea. 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We have created a space where honey bees buzz, hummingbirds visit, and monarchs stay to lay eggs. We are committed to sharing a home with insects (the good and bad), worms (actually inside living with us), and even the bunnies and deer who love to munch (and munch, and munch)! We collect boxes and bagged leaves from the community to feed the soil and prevent weeds. We hand pick the bad bugs off our delicate flowers, invest in predatory insects, and protect many of our blooms with mesh bags. We are trying to minimize plastic waste through the use of soil blocking and we feed our plants with compost tea (definitely not the kind you want to drink). We also have ducks and chickens who we hope eat the eggs and caterpillars of the less desired insects during the fall and winter seasons. Finally, I am furthering my education in native plants so that I may help transform many of our unused and wasted open spaces into thriving homes for our native populations. 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