But only 600, Rita. The other 10,000 are in-ground and you did it!

Honestly, I can hardly believe I ordered and planted so many bulbs!

Jackson thinks you've lost your mind, but he still loves you!

Jackson. He sure is looking good.

ONLY 600. Sure. "Only." Right.

woofie said:ONLY 600. Sure. "Only." Right.

That is a small number of bulbs for me.

Ay-yup, tis.

A few tulips and then all the rest of the bulbs coming are crocus. Crocus are easy to plant. I have two methods. Method one I just stab a hole with my soil knife and drop anywhere from one to three bulbs in. In the southside rose garden, I put one bulb per hole as those were the large flowered crocus. In the grassy slope by the driveway where I put the smaller corms of the species crocus, I put three bulbs per hole.

My other method is to dig a trench. It only needs to be about 4 inches deep. Then lay the crocus bulbs in there and cover it back up. With the trench method, you get hundreds of bulbs in a trench, depends on how long you make the trench. But mine are skinny trenches to have crocus off to the sides. Doing those, actually did those, in areas of the lawn.

I decided on no cooking so went and got fast food from Taco Bell. Steak Cantina Bowl, which I have had one time before. I thought I was really good. Saving it for dinner and ate the Beef Combo Burrito for a late lunch. I do still have chicken leftovers from yesterday so will probably eat those up tomorrow.

Just not doing anything today except goofing off! I figure in a few days my latest batch of bulbs should get here and I will go back to planting. But then the weather guys are saying rain for Thursday and Friday so we will see if the bulbs get here by then and how the weather is.

I will never give up my fancy tulips, my "real" tulips that I am so in love with. But tired of having so much to replant each year. So getting into the other tulip classes that will return like the Species Tulips. Last year I started with Species tulips and really liked what I had so this fall have really added lots and lots more. If you look at Brent & Beckies they have the species listed in the Miscellaneous class. At Scheepers they have a Species Tulip division listed.

I have added-
bakeri 'Lilac Wonder'
clusiana var. stellata
Helena
Honky Tonk
humilis 'Lilliput'
Lady Jane
Little Beauty
Little Princess
marjoletti
Peppermint Stick
'Red Hunter'
Taco
Tinka
whittallii
humilis Magenta Queen
humilis Persian Pearl
humilis violacea
Ice Stick

I picked some tomatoes again today. Not very many but geez On October 29th it is a wonder to still have any ripe tomatoes to pick. And those Juliet Grape tomatoes I have are still making tomatoes. I pulled the other small tomato plants I had already, the sweet millions and the Sungold. What I great year this has turned out to be for tomatoes.

Wow, Rita, tomatoes!! I envy you.

I picked a couple of tomatoes today too!

I have never had tomatoes this late in the year before. It has been such a fabulous year for tomatoes here.

Natalie, hurray for your tomatoes.

You too Rita! Mine were always covered by snow before now. Living in Idaho is awesome!

For an illustration of how I use the cram them in method of finding space for my bulbs, here is a picture of my daylily garden bed that is planted on the slope next to my driveway from early this spring. I already had daffodils, red impression tulips and showwinner tulips planted in there. Also 100 single lates but those never return for me. This fall added 100 single lates again, more daffs and more red impressions. Then also 200 single early mix, 120 Maria Christina tulips and about 60 Ancilla tulips.

All are in the slope and that makes a lot of tulips on there as it is not such a terrible large area.

Now look at this bed in the terraces garden. The raised bed mid right. Daylilies grow there. I added 250 tulips and 300 crocus.

Not in the part stepped down, that is another batch of stuff. Just in that level section. The step off to the left part has 350 species tulips (little beauty, little princes and humilis lilliput) and 200 tommies (species crocus). Plus some daffs (february gold) and some Golden Mammoth crocus.

good planning, rita

Ha, good planning and cramming! A lot of bulbs for such a small amount of space.

My internet was down all day yesterday, all night and all day today. Could not get on till just now. Was going bonkers not being able to get on the internet.