Natural Material Insect Hotel from Dahlia Stems

After clearing out the Dahlia plants, I thought their stems were thick and have adequate size holes to be made into insect hotels. There are lots of bees in the garden. I'm trying to attract ladybugs and other beneficial insects as well.

The large and thick stems were bundled together. I hope the bees will utilise them.

I placed it under a medium size Camelia bush so it's sheltered.

I also collected and bundled together the thinner stems for the smaller insects:

And I placed it under a small bush rose in between the stems and shallots:

Dahlia Tubers Harvest and Storing for Next Spring

The Dahlia plants were ready to be cleared. This is the first time I harvested the tubers as they have grown into a big clump and had popped out of the ground. So I thought they need bigger space for next Spring. In the space of roughly 25x80cm, there were this amount of tubers:

So, they were overcrowded. After cleaning and dividing I stored some for next Spring and put up the remaining for sale.

Ready for storing:

I put a thin layer of soil at the bottom of this box. Place the tubers and covered them with more soil. Ready for storing in dark and dry spot over winter.

These are the actual Dahlia plants:

And flowers: