Thomas Bloomquist and Blake TeVelde of North Cascade Dahlias
Release Date: 02/04/2025
Steve and Sandy Boley of Birch Bay Dahlias
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Join Joann and Allison interview Steve and Sandy Boley of Birch Bay Dahlias. Steve and Sandy share what they consider important when you are planning your garden specifically for hybridizing. Steve and Sandy have a wealth of information available on their website . They are reciepients of a long list of dahlia cultivar awards and acknowledgments from the American Dahlia Society. It comes as no surprise that they are well respected and appreciated among the dahlia community.
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Joann and Allison: Starting Dahlia Seeds
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Join Joann and Allison talk about how to grow dahlias from seed. You can find a detailed print out of the dahlia seed starting process here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62884bb9e41b241b62679f29/t/677df188a1c802279d2a20e8/1736307084881/How+to+Grow+Dahlias+from+Seed-2.pdf
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Thomas Bloomquist and Blake TeVelde of North Cascade Dahlias
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Join Joann and Allison interview Blake and Thomas of North Cascade Dahlias share how they are are growing and managing 50,000 dahlias and an additional 4,500 first year seedlings on five acres continuing the Bloomquist dahlia line. Listen in for a sneak peak into Thomas' new line of dahlias and details on their upcoming spring sale. You can find out more information about North Cascade Dahlias on social media @north_cascade_dahlias and on their website www.northcascadedahlias.com. Their next sale is February 18th, 2025 at 6pm Pacific Time.
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Christine Tareen of Misfit Dahlias
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Join Joann and Allison interview Christine of Misfit Dahlias. The three of us discuss Christine's upcoming sale that includes her very first dahlia introduction, Misfit Kaleidoscope, how she is selling for several local hybridiziers and some discussion around the current dahlia market. To find out more about Christine and what she is up to, head over to her website www.misfitdahlias.com or follow along on social media @misfit_dahlias.
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Joann and Allison: Breaking Down What We Want from Dahlia Sellers
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Join Joann and Allison discuss the results of a social media post about what buyers want from dahlia stores. What is important to us as buyers and how we can collectively make it easier for people to tuber shop with confidence.
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Joann and Allison: Considerations for Dahlia Sales
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Join Joann and I discuss our experiences with buying dahlia tubers and cuttings online and how it doesn't always go as planned. Following this episode, The Dig on Dahlias podcast is taking a winter break. We will be back for Season 2 in January 2025. Thank you for spending the year with us. We wish you a wonderful holiday season!
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ADS Nationals Wenatchee: Jenica with Dahlias 4 DIPG
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Join Joann and Allison interview Jenica with Dahlias 4 DIPG. Following the loss of their son, Levi, Jenica and her family started this dahlia business as a way to raise funds and awarness for childhood cancer. Come listen to all the awesome things they are doing for families walking through the same journey. You can reach out to the Levi's Legacy team and find out more about Dahlias 4 DIPG on Facebook. Find the Dahlias 4 DIPG page or the Levi's Legacy DIPG Foundation page. Their tubers will go for sale in spring at https://dahlias-4-dipg.myshopify.com/password. Also, follow their...
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Joann and Allison: Dig, Divide, Dry, Pack and Repeat!
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Join Joann and Allison talk about how they have been digging and dividing their dahlias. We discuss some of the things we did differently this year and how they worked out in our gardens.
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ADS Nationals Wenatchee: Adrienne with Tah-Dahlia!
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Join Joann and Allison interview Adrienne of Tah-Dahlia! at the ADS National show in Wenatchee, WA. Adrienne shares with us how she grows dahlias in Colorado's challenging climate as well as an exciting collaboration with a local potato grower to do tissue culture with a special dahlia. Find about more about Adrienne and her beautiful flowers on instagram at @Tah-Dahlia!.
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ADS Nationals Wenatchee: Amy Matteucci with La Vida Dahlia
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Join Joann and Allison interview Amy from La Vida Dahlia (previously Rock Yard Blooms). Amy shares her excitment over attending her first dahlia show! She went big traveling to the 2024 ADS Nationals! Amy also dives into the challenges of growing dahlias in New Mexico. You can find more information about La Vida Dahlias on social media, @LaVidaDahlia and her website .
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You can find out more information about North Cascade Dahlias on social media @north_cascade_dahlias and on their website www.northcascadedahlias.com. Their next sale is February 18th, 2025 at 6pm Pacific Time.