{"id":655,"date":"2011-02-27T07:16:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T14:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2011-02-27T09:27:03","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T16:27:03","slug":"dahlias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=655","title":{"rendered":"Dahlias"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m a sucker for email seed and plant offers. \u00a0Dahlias — that’s what I bought this morning. What a deal! Apparently critters don’t like them. The problem I foresee is that you are supposed to dig them up at the end of the season and store them. \u00a0That’s a stretch for me — especially because by the time autumn comes around, my gardening energy is on the wane and I’m more likely to catch the last days of kayaking than to remember to dig up bulbs. But maybe this year will be different — and in any case, they were on sale. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dahlia’s are a big deal in Japan. I remember pedaling my bicycle through the narrowest of old streets in Kyoto – and squeaking my brakes (all bicycle brakes seem to squeak in Japan — better than a bell?) stopping to marvel at blossoms the size of plates growing in pots lined up outside a rickety house. Oftentimes, the usually-ancient gardener would be out tending their prize worthy plants. \u00a0This year, I will try these myself – filling my own boxes to tend on one of the decks Rob attached to the house over recent years.<\/p>\n

It’s almost March — enough snow has melted so I can see the snowdrops popping up down the street and warm enough this morning that I could smell the earth and I’m thinking garden again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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