It's been mostly cloudy here today with a brief period of weak sun. High temp reached 43. Long range forecast shows snow showers for the weekend with highs just either side of freezing. No mention of any snow accumulation.... yet!
I just went out and planted 75-100 (I lost count) iris rhizomes, though "planting" probably isn't the correct term. It was more like " scoop, drop, cover". I'm not expecting much since many were small divisions and were planted so late. At least, I got them out of my hair and that's two beds I won't be tempted to plant dahlias in next spring.
I haven't ordered any dahlias yet. Most of the places I plan to order from don't open till February, March or later. Maybe that will give me time to prepare for the fights. Seriously, I absolutely hate combat shopping and having tubers "stolen" from your cart before you can make a mad dash to checkout. I fear becoming so neurotic that this will carry over to my grocery shopping and I'll start carrying a baseball bat in my cart to ward off thieves! LOL
Scarlet, the pythagorean theorem doesn't work with dahlias unless you add 50 more to your final total. Better get busy and order more!!
This morning, I bought my first sub-$3.00/gallon gas in what seems like ages. Hope the downward trend will continue.
