Before You Dress That TXG Bird, Think Spring

I received my Carolee’s Herb Garden newsletter today and was reminded that as I plan my holiday menus, I also have to decide quick whether to plant bulbs so that I can have some bright surprises when winter has worn on me enough to have me thinking of heading south.

Carolee did have some good tips for keeping the squirrels out of your bulbs. She suggests sprinkling red pepper flakes around the bulb to deter the pesky rodents. She also had a brilliant idea of planing daffodils around the more succulent bulbs as a diversion. Apparently squirrels don’t much care for daffodils.

Anyhow, I guess I need to buy this weekend if I’m going to plant. Thanks to Urban Dweller, I have a bulb planter so it’ll be easy to turn the soil.