Another overcast day in Saughall. Hopefully the cloud will lift later.

The first dahlia of the season is out in the garden.  They have been sooo slow growing this year.  Admittedly I did a daft thing by not digging them up last year and leaving them in the ground.  The slugs have had a great time and I'm reluctant to put slug pellets down because we are having daily visits from the hedgehog at the moment. 

Unfortunately with the clay soil which we have in Saughall when we have sun it bakes the clay and makes the ground so hard so new shoots struggle.

I think we need to get the dahlia man back to give the gardening club another talk!