2026 - What I did today.

Dug up all the outside dahlias and moved them to a different bed. They had completely taken over the bed they were growing in last year so I made a note to move them to another bed where I could make space by moving some irises and verbena.
Popped in nasturtium seeds between all the dahlias. They're a nice companion for them.
Potted on various flowers and bush tomatoes.
Yet more weeding.

Garrett do you not suffer the dreaded blackfly with your dahlias and nasturtiums living together. I find either get covered in aphids, I hate to think what they would harbour mixed together.

The dahlias do get attacked by blackfly but I usually have lots of ladybirds around so I collect them up and dispense them on the dahlias and let them chomp away. I have more issues with slugs than aphids.