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At the moment, the dahlias are in storage — tucked up in crates and layered in wood shavings, waiting for their return to the soil. It might look like nothing is happening, but this stage is actually a really important part of the growing cycle. Once the first frosts blackened the foliage back in autumn, the tubers were lifted from the ground, dried off, and carefully stored somewhere cool and frost-free. Here in the North West, leaving them in the ground just isn’t worth the