Our son brought home the flyer for the first PTO fundraiser of the year. After the adventures in Cub Scout popcorn, I had rather dreaded its advent, but it turns out my fears for overpriced, useless edibles were mercifully unnecessary. We didn’t get beyond grandparents in the matter of popcorn, because I could not, in good conscience, ask people to buy the stuff at $12.00 for a box of 12 microwave packets. I’m sorry; that’s absurd. But evidently I was not the only one to feel that way, because this one isn’t useless junk and is reasonably priced. They’re selling packages of flower bulbs, at $5.00 each. The number of bulbs in a packet varies by variety, of course, but they’ve both come up with something good and and kept the math simple. Nor does it require much skill; bulbs are about the easiest sort of gardening project in existence. You put them in the ground at the depth specified on the package in the fall, and leave them alone. Some of them need grass kept out of their bed (like the windflowers), but most are self-sufficient enough that they don’t need even that much attention.
I’ll be in some trouble anyway, because gardening nut that I am, I want one (or more) of everything. That’s not a problem with the fundraiser, though; indeed it is an indication of the merits of the project. So when the rain stops, I’ll be outside later today, figuring out what to plant where. I think I’ll put some early daffodils and crocus on the east side of the house, where they can bloom before the trees get their leaves and turn it into a shady area. And a clump or two of Grecian windflowers would look lovely at the base of the lilacs. And irises…now where shall I put a bed of irises?
Anybody want to buy some flower bulbs?
Iris go in WET soil