Bulbs

I arrived and took possession February 4th 2019. The town was sheathed in ice-covered snow, and the fifteen trees were shrouded at their bases. Had the previous owner planted beds of bulbs around each tree - would I be greeted next month with purple and yellow crocuses?

No!

So I waited until September, ordered a couple of hundred bulbs (Narcissus, Hyacinth, Crocus, Tulip, Bluebell) and when they arrived the first week of October, got to work. Waited through the winter, and on Saturday, April 11, 2020I reported "Two new shoots; somewhere here are a couple of crocus shoots."

Each September I place an order for bulbs and increase the number that sprout in Spring each year.

This year (October 2022) I have loaded five old hanging baskets with sixteen fresh hyacinth bulbs, labeled H1 through H5.

The pots were loaded half-full of rich soil from my vegetable bed, the bulbs pressed in, and then topped off with sieved soil.

H4 and H5 have a white-coloured bulb; we will see,

Here the five pots, topped off with sieved soil, are assembled at the top of the driveway to be rained on, for the soil to settle down. If the soil settles well I shall top off with more rich soil from the vegetable bed.

When the first frost arrives, I plan to bring the five pots into my 5c laundry shelter, to keep them chilled. Then in February, March at the latest, I shall bring them out one week at a time and hope that they all sprout and fill my stale winter cabin with the aroma of spring.

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