Plant some bulbs
Make someone smile with flowers. Take up your trowel and plant flowers.
When the Summer has ended, the time for planting ugly looking bulbs is upon us. But these brown odd shaped things, magically transform into an inspiring array of colours, just when we need it! The long winter with its cold wind is forgotten in an instant. So go on simply get a very cheap plant pot if you are a student or don’t have a garden, or you did once but it got covered in paving slabs, and fill the it with soil, plant a bulb and leave the reset of it to the miracle of nature and in spring it may even make you smile too.
Advise: Good and easy things to plant include: the famous daffodil, crocuses, tulips, snowdrops and for the more adventurous of you, onions – admittedly these do not have the same aesthetic appeal but they are useful and you could still make some one smile by giving them away.
a lovely gardening site: www.hdra.org.uk
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GB , 05 Oct 2005
I have previously been guilty of buying and not planting. Useless (although I meant well…). Now people are watching, so this is the year!
31 Oct 2005
Oh my lovely garden! what a joy to add my name to this action!
Do you know that they make GREAT presents too! they are cheep to plant, make someone smile and at the end of it all the soil can be recycled on the compost heap, and the bulb re-planted for another year!! oh what a great idea!!!!
GB , 20 Jul 2006
These came up beautifully by the way! Novice gardener me – it was great to have something you just throw in and ignore actually grow… thumbs up for bulbs
Leicester, GB , 24 Aug 2006
We are planning a monster daffodil plant in the Church grounds as part of our eco-congregation award efforts. The church currently gives bunches of daffs to people who have been bereaved during the previous year. They come from some-one’s garden but I thought we could expand it if we had lots more around the Church. The great thing about daffodils and most bulbs is that they last for years and require no attention. It’s good to use shrubs and perenniels in your garden for the same reason. Bedding plants can be very wasteful – lots of packaging for a short life span. Having said that, I hope we can salvage some to the bedding plants we used for a mass display at Church – geraniums are very sturdy and you can get lots of cuttings off them and bizzy lizzies if you beat the frost.
Bath, GB , 27 Sep 2006
I just planted my narcissus in a tub outside my front door – for me it’s an essential act of hope as winter approaches! Also as I am impatient I put some pansies in on top to make it look pretty now…..!
Cardiff, GB , 27 Nov 2006
Bought three bags of bilbs and ended up with some daffs free because of a special offer. Children (aged 3 and 6) threw them out across the garden and we planted them where they landed. each one will be a surprise in spring!
GB , 12 Dec 2006
First time in a long time I have planted bulbs and have them hiding away in a cupboard to bring out very soon to add to the festivities.
23 Dec 2006
Just popping through in the planters despite the cold fog.
Manchester, GB , 28 Dec 2006
We sadly lost a precious child from our family in November so we went to the cemetry on Christmas day and planted almost 100 bulbs – hope it wasn’t too late for 2007 but if it was I guess 2008 will be colourful.
03 Feb 2007
Our first daffodil popped out 2 days ago! It stands tall and proud and hasn’t been found by the sqirrels yet…bless them! It is surrounded by other shoots and buds. Spring is on the way.
newcastle, GB , 11 Oct 2007
bough some bulbs will plant them as soon as i can will give me somthing to look forward to in spring
newcastle, GB , 25 Oct 2007
the bulbs are now planted must have been 200 off them dont know much about gardening so hope i have done it right we will see in the spring can not wait
27 Oct 2007
Most of the bulbs are now planted.One bag to go.I wonder how many will survive the squirels?