What are you working on??

I think the year they rotted.. I acutally cleaned them before putting them away... the year they were good.. left the soil on them... I think

I'm going to try, once again, to save my dahlia tubers....this time I'm putting them in my Mom's extra fridge.....

Caladiums are annuals here too.
DD managed to put away a few last year but not all regew this summer.

marilyn i just throw mine in peat moss and a box in the basement - they usually make it ok - same with the ee's

Hi Bill!
Someone posted a failure with Calad bulbs she washed.I think it ws Allison. She said she thinks washing leaves too much moisture on the bulbs.
I just found DD's in the garage,dirt still on them.She overwinteered some last year. My thinking is ,the ones that didnt come up this spring were on the top and outside of the box where they got colder.
She might move the whole thing to the basement ,come to think of it.

hi joann!

i forgot to mention i wash them off and then let them dry outside before storing - cut off all the roots too - do not get to this until late Oct just before the first frost although this year maybe later with how warm it has been!

I'll tell her OOOPS It will be better recieved if, as her mother I suggest it LOL

My ee's last I washed them put them in a plain cardboard box and stick them in a closet. Took them out everyonce in a while (once a month- if that) and watered them down again, stuck them back in the box. They were fine this year. This is the 3rd year I have stored them.

They cant freeze. I dont think they can totally dry out.

Go to the Aroids forum. It says never below 55 and never dry out.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/773186/

thank you Sherrie... I was wondering how to handle the EE

Thanks, Bill....I have tried overwintering dahlias in peat in the cellar, but they've dried out....also tried dipping them in paraffin.....nope, that didn't work....tried in the garage in sand...nope, they froze....I will wait until frost hits them.....probably in a week or so here, then wash & cure them, then put them in brown paper bags in the veggie drawers of the spare fridge.....we'll see. Usually I just never dig them up, but there are too many I really like this year.....

i have had some not make it marilyn - maybe the suggestion sherrie mentioned about wetting them would help?

I've not had to wet my ee's at all

My theory. If its a tuber, aroid or bulb . It is a living thing. Its dormant but still needs air and water.

What happens when a potato or onion totally dries up? POOF gone.

Your right, Sherrie...that's why the fridge will work best....guaranteed! Yes, Bill, I've had a few make it in the cellar, but most didn't....my DH insisted his Grandma kept them in an unheated shed in VT....must have covered them with a buffalo robe.....

i think i'll try sherri's method this year - yeah a shed in vt without protection is a tough one - don't think so

Agreed....I think his memories were lacking a few important details......

Been working on this buggy for 3 weeks. Its going to auction on oct. 16th. Waterloo Wagon Co. LTD

Front view

looks good Is it difficult to find buggies now?

We were at our regional iris meeting today. talk on Japanese & siberian irises by Bauer/Coble team from ensata gardens.

Beautiful Sherrie!! I'd love it if I had horses!

I'd love my kids to pull me around in that!

Our friend who moved to the Villages restored old carriages....he did several in our basement because of the sliding doors......

Buggies dont come up too often. Some do but not in good condition. The wood on this one is sweet.

well the little greenhouse is all wrapped up with bubble wrap... and I picked up a heater over the summer... we will see how this works out

Be prepared for a heating bill.

since we have the wood stove in the house and have not paid a heating bill since we put it in... makes me feel better... good news is it's a small GH... and the coleus will tell me if it drops below 45

wood?

we have picked up a load from a tree guy I know

Good for you....you can grow lettuce, chard, radishes in the winter.....

started to fall clean up today all the bes, echies, lobelia are gone

Wow - you're way ahead of me.

I always leave the seed heads on for the goldfinches

i have done that too allison - too many volunteers showed up.

I try to leave some for the birds, but if they're too ugly, I cut them down....just saw my 1st flock of snowbirds.....seems early for them.

I have cut back more things than usual this year because of powdery mildew. I usually like to leave them for birds and to collect the leaves and snow in the fall and winter but many echies, monarda and BES just too nasty to look at this year.

I agree, Pat....my beds look very ugly right now......

Ditto!

not real bad here - good to have mostly trees and bushes

We have cleared a section of the yard of crummy trees that were either rotted or growing badly from overcrowding, leveled off the area and now thanks to all the rain it is a giant mud pit at present. It will get some grass next spring and a row of evergreen trees of some sort as a screen from the street. Also would like at least one nice, not too tall, decorative tree to plant in the middle. Maybe a nice redbud or something, any suggestions for a pretty tree? I will get a pic if and when it stops raining.

love redbuds or dogwoods - i have a several of each - what height at you considering - also a japanese maple??

is there shade?