ITT: Gardening!

[AGDee]

The biggest threat to bulbs here are the squirrels that dig them up. Sometime they move them around too. I now have a daffodil in my front garden that was moved from the backyard!

The previous owners of my house did a cool bulb garden on the side of the house. There is a whole row of daffodils and then a whole row of lilies of the valley. The problem is, they planted the daffodils in front. So they bloom early and then just look like big green plants. The lilies of the valley are behind them and when they bloom, you can't even see them. Not smart! I always say that someday I'm going to dig them all up and reverse them but... it hasn't happened yet.

[carnation]

When I was a university horticulturist, we bought some expensive bulbs and for those, we made little cages out of chicken wire to repel the squirrels. You just have to make them bigger that the bulb so it can grow.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by AGDee

The biggest threat to bulbs here are the squirrels that dig them up. Sometime they move them around too. I now have a daffodil in my front garden that was moved from the backyard!

That is hilarious! Even more so because you are an ΑΓΔ. We have a lot of swuirrels, but they don't seem to dig things up much here. It doesn't freeze often here so there's more food above ground, I assume. I remember my first winter in Wisconsin- one of my culture shock moments was wondering "but what do the squirrels do during the winter here??" Ha.

Originally Posted by AGDee

The problem is, they planted the daffodils in front. So they bloom early and then just look like big green plants. The lilies of the valley are behind them and when they bloom, you can't even see them.

Hmm so would you revommend putting the early flowers in the back, and late ones in the front? Or is it more of a height issue?

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by thetygerlily

Hmm so would you revommend putting the early flowers in the back, and late ones in the front? Or is it more of a height issue?

I would put early in the back and tall in the back. They messed up on both counts!