I used to force a lot of small stuff here--crocos, mini daffs, paper whites, hyacinths, dwarf tulips, you name it. I'd pot them up in smaller pots and then stack them in covered 50 gallon plastic tubs outside for the chill and then force them as I guessed the timing to bloom. But now, lilies have taken over most of my time and space in one way or another. It was a lot of fun, tho; especially having the hyacinths filling the house with their fragrance at right about this time of year too.
Another type of force/control I use with lilies is to refrigerate bulbs until mid/late July and then plant for a nice blooming in late Sept/Oct. They only get about a months worth of growth afterwards to replenish the bulbs but it's enough so they still put up a few flowers the following Spring.
Golly, what a difference a day makes with the weather around here--I got about 10 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday afternoon and last night. This is a picture of a mugo pine, now about one half its size in a pile of broken limbs and those very picnic tables I was mixing dirt on just 2 short days ago. 34'F and light steady rain now. Edit: difficulty uploading picture in edit
