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Have you ever fallen hard for a “brilliant” garden idea…only to decide a few seasons later that you’re done, absolutely done, with the whole experiment? That’s me and grow bags. After three years, 144 bags, and a lot of soil, sweat, and second thoughts, I’ve decided that the 2025 growing season was my last one with grow bags for dahlias. Why I tried grow bags in the first place On paper, the plan was solid. - New tuber comes in.  - It goes into a bag instead of your establi

Okay okay, you're growing for pleasure. That's great, and what pleasure these beautiful plants bring us every day! Here at Ragged...

Anyone that has grown dahlias has experienced failure. While not inherently difficult to grow, dahlias face many obstacles growing to...

For those new to dahlias, rooted cuttings are clones of plants that we propagate to create more of a particular variety. Some varieties...

The winter of 2024-2025 in Virginia has been notably cold, with early January temperatures ranking among the coldest starts to the month...

We live in a growing zone that is too cold to leave dahlias in the ground over winter. Every fall, we diligently dig up our tubers and...

It’s one of the most iconic lines in movie history said by Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) when he sees the shark in Jaws for the first time...

The redesigned website is up and running!!! We are working on our inventory and hope to be live for sales very soon. In the meantime; you...

You may recall my ambitious project to thwart the ravenous voles from eating my dahlia tubers (described in detail in an earlier blog...

I'll admit it, I've likely purchased/ propagated more dahlias than our beds will accommodate. One just can't resist the flashy pictures...

My daylily has an inexplicable growth! Fortunately, this is (more or less) normal, and it's called a "proliferation". Some varieties are...

Well....the VOLES ate my dahlias, but that just isn't a catchy title so there you go. Our home is in the country, and I accept "sharing"...

An airline pilot by trade, I am not particularly knowledgeable about website design. I did however, resolve to create a website for our...