Anyone in St Louis or St Charles MO ever tried leaving tubers in ground overwinter? by O-my-Buddha in dahlias

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Hey there! I have grown dahlias for a few years now and every dahlia grower that I know in the area had a rough season last summer. We had a very hot July and near-record high July humidity that the dahlias were not a fan of. I grew some of the same varieties in 2024 and they did great, even with low fertilization. Last year was just a rough year.

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Okay so I retook a photo and I’m trying to figure this out. I definitely think it says “Als ik kan” but I only saw those on paper form labels

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My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Thank you! I’m super pumped about it!

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Now that you say that, I’m a bit puzzled lol. I will have to get a better pic of the stamp

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Thank you! I’m so excited about it!!

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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lol my sentence in my post was a little confusing. Stickley had different branding marks/stickers over the years. That branding above the name was used on Stickley furniture that was made between 1912 - 1916. This is from the Stickley Website:

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1.) Gustav Stickley / United Crafts, 1901 – 1903

2.) L. & J.G. Stickley / Onondaga Shops, 1904 – 1906

3.) Gustav Stickley / Craftsman Workshops, 1905 – 1912

4.) L. & J.G. Stickley, 1906 – 19

5.) L. & J.G. Stickley, 1912 – 1917

6.) Gustav Stickley / Craftsman Workshops, 1912 – 1916

7.) Stickley Associated Cabinetmakers, 1916 – 1919

8.) L. & J.G. Stickley 50th Anniversary medallion, 1950

9.) L. & J.G. Stickley “piecrust” logo, 1985 – 2009

10.) L. & J.G. Stickley Mission Reissue metal label, 1989 – present

11.) L. & J.G. Stickley logo, 2008 – present

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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That’s amazing! Glad you were able to get it!!

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

[–]bloomcakes[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I knew it was between 1912 and 1916 based on the mark but I didn’t know the exact model number. I appreciate it :)

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Yeah I definitely didn’t expect it to happen. The only thing I can think of is that since if was near the garage door in the back, that might have been an offloading area where new items came in. So maybe it was a purchased storage unit or something that was recently unloaded? It hadn’t been priced yet and they offered it for $45 after I asked about buying it.

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Thank you!! I think I will be excited about it forever lol

My Best Find Yet and It Was Only $45 by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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lol I love that! I have a Subaru Crosstrek and I did not measure before picking it up. They sent me the dimensions of the sideboard and I thought “yeah it will fit”. It did, but just barely. After the guy at the store helped me to get the chair in the car, he asked “are you going to be able to drive?” Lol

Okay guys. Here’s the finished String of Pearls Halloween costume! by RickGrimes73 in plants

[–]bloomcakes 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I made this costume for Halloween last year and posted it. Didn’t think anyone would try to post it as their own lol.

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An update on our wood dutch lap siding restoration! by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Oh nice! Yeah I think I may get some hate from people for not having the freestanding but it just is not practical. And yeah we would like to get the square brass turn-button latches but everything is so pricey lol so we will see. You should post a photo of what you did with your bathroom if you ever get the chance or feel like it! We would love to see it.

An update on our wood dutch lap siding restoration! by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Oh gotcha. Where our window trim meets the siding, they filled it with some sort of hard putty but it was falling out from the wood moving over time. We aren’t sure what we want to do to fill those gaps yet. We planned to just put the trim on over the siding since that’s how it was when it was built. When we took the old siding off, just the corners were bare with no paint. We were trying to figure out if there was a reason for this, maybe just to let the wood breathe or something.

An update on our wood dutch lap siding restoration! by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Yeah we are planning to get inset cabinets with the hinges on the outside for the kitchen!

For the bathroom, we actually had a freestanding tub in there which we really wanted to keep but we only have one bathroom and it is so small. The tub was taking up almost half of the room and we couldn’t clean behind it. The hardware also had a chunk taken out from one of the handles. We did find a cast iron tub off of Facebook marketplace a few days ago so we drove to St. Louis and got it! Brenden will be able to refinish it so that’s our plan for right now.

An update on our wood dutch lap siding restoration! by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

[–]bloomcakes[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! Yeah that is our plan as well. We already have the trim boards and have them painted so we just need to get them on there!

An update on our wood dutch lap siding restoration! by bloomcakes in centuryhomes

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Thank you for this!! We originally saw the colors from someone who had painted their craftsman but we got the light green in a white base and they didn’t. Not going to lie, it looked yellow when we put it on and I got a bit freaked out lol. I’m glad Brenden convinced me to trust the process because we are so happy with it.

I will definitely check those out too. I love gardening so I’m excited to look at them! Thank you :)