Winter used to be our slowest time on the farm, but over the last few years it has become our busiest. Even though the fields are asleep, there is still a flurry of activity happening everywhere I turn. I thought it would be fun to share a little peek at what we’ve been up to the past month. We typically wait to divide our dahlias until there’s some free time in the winter, usually starting in early January. It’s good winter work for the crew since our greenhouse is heated, and it gives everyone a break from being out in the miserable weather. But this year we changed things up a little and squeezed the dreaded task in before the holidays. The barn where we were planning to store our tubers is still under construction and doesn’t have any heat.
We had to hurry up and divide everything before the temperatures dropped and our dahlia tubers were at risk for getting damaged by the cold. While we are taking a break from selling our dahlia tubers, we are busy increasing the mother stock of all my favorite varieties for the future. Our collection of Castle Drive, which was just 20 tubers 2 short years ago is now over 2,000 and I’m working on increasing Rock Run Ashley, Lakeview Peach Fuzz, Cupcake and Fairway Pilot the same way. I’m happy to report all of our mother stock is divided and tucked safely away in the basement until planting time in the spring. Vancouver flower shop has been busy shipping out thousands of packages filled with Floret goodies all over the world for the holidays. It is so fun to imagine all of the lives that will be touched by our farm in the coming year. The team has now turned their attention to preparing for our big January 2nd seed launch. There is still so much to do in order to be ready! Readmore: Trial Results and New Variety Preview
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