The cold and rainy weather got me feeling as if bulb planting was overdue (more experienced gardeners have told me that I’m overreacting), so I got some bulbs planted in the front yard today: snowdrops and crocus. Since the gas company had to rip up the parkway to put in new pipes on our block, I didn’t have to do quite as much hard digging as in the past. I’m not sure how attractive these bulbs are to the local squirrel and raccoon population: we’ll know come March!
The garden gets less and less lush by the day. We’re definitely having a good tree color year in Chicago, although we haven’t had quite enough dry days to appreciate them. And the Caroline raspberry is still yielding a few sweet berries – winter is still a few weeks away.
Posted by nhnursery on October 26, 2009 at 9:13 am
It is cold and rainy here and we almost went out and planted bulbs yesterday. I guess the wet mist kept us from going out. This coming weekend my wife and I will start our bulb planting.
Posted by lakechicagoshores on October 26, 2009 at 9:17 am
Oh, that’s been our weather, too, but yesterday there was a little sun so I was compelled to plant. Who knows the next time we’ll have blue sky?
Posted by linda on October 27, 2009 at 4:02 pm
It’s always such a good feeling to knock off another gardening project! Hope the critters leave them alone.
I don’t know what it is about planting bulbs, just can’t get into it this time of year, and end up with regrets in the spring. I did surprise myself and finally plant a few freebie alliums and hardy cyclamens last week. I only had them for like, um, a month.
Posted by lakechicagoshores on October 29, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Oh, I know, I just can’t get enthused about bulbs until February, which is just a bit too late! I pretty much forced myself to plant this year, and didn’t spend more than 20 minutes planting. Without the gas company digging up so much of our grass, I might not even have gotten that far.
Posted by Midwinter thaw « On the Shores of Lake Chicago on January 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm
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