I think that a snowfall would pretty much be the same as a frost to a dahlia. As long as the ground doesn't freeze and damage the tubers (which it shouldn't for quite awhile yet), you can still dig and store them as you normally would. I would cut them down after the snow, leave them for a week or two, and divide and store them as usual. You might want to cut as many flowers as you can to enjoy before the snow comes and puts an end to your dahlia season, though. I'd also like to say I have only been planting dahlias for a couple years, so if any of the more experienced and knowledgable folks have better info, I defer to them!

Well slept on the couch last night ( what a joy) after yet another arguement about S.D. with my wife. This last week has been filled with the same crap different day. So heres the scenerio. My wife and I work differing shifts most of the time, so I end up spending most of the time with my S.d. After school and evenings, my wife works mainly 4 - midnight shifts. Last week was more of just the same, my s.d talking to me anyway she feels like it ( totally no respect ) and a week of mainly all out battles between us. Yesterday, i argued with her for 4 hours trying to get her to clean her room, when i can't see the floor and there are dirty dishes in there, its time for her to clean it, finally i just gave up told her to do whatever she wants, live like a pig, i'm beyond caring, and i stopped talking to her for the day. Now over the week she had lost her computer time, phone time and tv time for lying to us about her school homework ( telling us it was all done, after parent teacher confrence we found out she had not been doing any of it ) she ended up grounded. Anyways, wife comes home, s.d comes out of room, talking as sweet as ever, Oh hi daddy blah blah blah, i just said uh huh. after an hour, i went in the computer room, there my wife on her computer and my s.d on my computer. I said um excuse me your not allowed on the computer and after a day like we had, dont' expect to be on there for a long time. Well that was a mistake, wife turns around says she's doing her homework, and I just laughed, shook my head and walked out. next thing i know my wife is yelling at me cause i'm not allowing s.d. to do her homework, and i told her what kind of day we had and it didn't matter. I told her once again that she has NO idea wht i put up with on a daily basis, my son 16 years old pipes up, ummm ( wifes name ) she talks to dad with totally no respect when your not here, wife tells son to shut up that he treats s.d with no respect either, to which i replied, well when she learns to talk to people with respect, maybe she'd get some back. Suddenly wife yells she has had enough and her and the s.d are leaving ( moving out ) So i decided to sleep on the couch. So now what??? Been thinking about it most of the night, personally i think it might be a relief to all concerend it it happened. Much as I love my wife, and I know she loves me, we can't continue like this. I know i will never accept anyone talking to me like my s.d does, and if my son was talking to my wife that way, well lets just say son would be very bored for the next two months. My wife says, well your the adult, my s.d says you can't do anything to me cause mom will just move out. HELPPPPPPPPPPPP. I'm so tired of being stressed, i think everyone is, is there any solutuiont o this, or am I just wasting my time in something that is never going to change.

If these were mine I would take them out of their containers. Knock all the dirt off. Next I would go to my hose and lightly rinse them off to get them clean. Put them in a cool shady place to dry for a day or two. When dry plant them in a gritty mix, if you only have a "cactus mix" make sure you add half perlite. Lastly, don't put them in the scorching sun because they may get burned. Introduce them slowly :)

I would take him to your closest wildlife rehab place, and ASK them what they will do. Ours never euthanizes anything until after their vet has looked at them, and they go to extraordinary lengths to save all animals. I turned in a common crow once, and they gave me updates as to its condition every 2 days, did surgery on it, and it survived and was released. Jackie