The frost has come and done for the dahlias. Yesterday I picked a huge bunch of them, which was just as well, as now that the frost is melting, the ones left outside are turning to a sad brown mush. It’s just the top growth that will be killed by these first frosts, leaving the tubers safe under the ground. To lift them or not to lift them? I’ve done both and on balance, I tend to leave them in the ground now, covering them with a thick layer of straw or compost where, with luck, they will wait out the winter. All the other tender plants have gone too - courgettes, beans, nasturtiums, French marigolds and the bedding plants. It’s the end of the season. Time to move on, whether we like it or not.
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