Yesterday we worked in the front garden planting a nice border of tulips {three rows deep} in front of the boxwoods. I told the HH that you can never have enough tulips and he just sort of gave me a blank stare. 😉
I suppose if someone else is doing the planting you can never have enough… But if you’re the one that has to do it well…. Maybe that’s not so true?
We got the front flower bed done in about an hour, which I thought was pretty good.
Amazing Grace Tulips
The Amazing Grace and Charming Beauty tulips that came up this spring were absolutely GORGEOUS so we decided to order 50 more of each of those and took a chance on a few other varieties.
Charming Beauty Tulips
Mount Tacoma, Orange Princess and Blue Wow were the other bulbs we ordered. I really like the double peony flowing tulip varieties, they fill out so nicely! I like them more than the standard tulip varieties.
We’ll have to wait until next spring though to see if we picked winners. I’m hopeful though.
For some reason I thought I had ordered more tulips {500 to be exact!} but I didn’t and that’s okay, planting 300 tulip bulbs was enough for us to get in the ground in one day.
Planting tulip bulbs and tidying up the garden beds was our last garden chore of the year. It’s hard to believe that in another week and a half it will be November!
Where did the time go this year?
Are you done with garden chores for the year too? Are you ready for a rest too?
~Mavis
MD says
Will you plant something else there after the tulips bloom in the spring? I have a row of boxwoods I’d like to jazz up but just thought if I planted tulips in front, it would be a bit drab once they bloomed. Do you choose bulbs that bloom at different times for a longer show?
Also – you are so right about the Costco bulbs – I bought 3 bags of Daffodils and one bag had multiple dried up rotten bulbs. I will order from the place you recommended next year.
Mavis Butterfield says
We didn’t plant anything within the trellis squares so I think I’ll plant pole beans or squash in those spots next year {so the vines can crawl up the trellises} and plant some sort of flowers or herbs above the tulips after they’ve died back.
Jamie says
we have our first freeze coming this week and then the season will be officially over : (
Laura says
what will you do with the green tomatoes? mine never ripen after a certain point.
Mavis Butterfield says
A smaller version of this: https://www.onehundreddollarsamonth.com/green-tomato-piccalilli-canning-recipe/
Lesley says
Mavis, is that some of your beautiful wool drying outside in the background of you picking tomatoes? Wondering if you then iron the wool before slicing it up. Glad you got the bulbs planted and can’t wait for more studio posts!
Susan Williams says
We haven’t started cleaning up the garden yet. The raspberries, tomatoes, huckleberries, zucchini are still working on growing things. And the spaghetti squash and quince are working finishing up ripening. I have a feeling maybe this coming weekend may end up being garden clean up. We’ll see.
Rosemary says
My garden is done (except for 6 onions still growing). I cleaned it up and had composted soil delivered so that I will be ready when spring gets here. I added 7 new bins to my garden (that need to be filled) – all my gardening is now done in raised beds or bins – too old to get down on the ground. I am ready to rest!
Mavis Butterfield says
Hooray for the raised bins. Kiln Guy loves his!
Cindy Brick says
I only put in a ‘weenie’ batch of 200 daffodil bulbs. (Deer eat tulips around here.) The Brick got 100 bulbs for my birthday, but FedEx delivered them to the wrong address. By the time the bulbs arrived, the company had sent out another box — and told us to keep the extras! Which was so nice of them. (Thanks, TulipWorld.)
We had our first frost last Wednesday. I was almost grateful to see it — have been busy doing other stuff. And nothing really produced that well tis year. (Too dry.)
Mavis Butterfield says
I was thinking of you while I was in Utah and wondering if you had snow yet. 🙂
Christine says
Do you have chipmunks in your area?
I would love to plant tulips, but neighbors have warned me that the bulbs will all be eaten before they get a chance to bloom in the Spring. We moved to this area from the deep South, so tulips weren’t an option. Is there any way to protect the bulbs?
Mavis Butterfield says
Yes, there are squirrels and chipmunks around. No problems yet. KNOCK ON WOOD.
TC says
Sadly I can’t plant tulips in the ground because the gophers devour the bulbs and the deer eat the flowers. I can only plant in ceramic pots inside a fenced garden, I love the many varieties and colours but it is a total waste of money for me to buy them so i admire them in pictures. I can however plant daffodils so last year planted 5,000 and this year I hope to plant 3,000 or more if I can get them on good sale.
Mavis Butterfield says
8,000 daffodils!!! It must look amazing.
TC says
It really does look amazing, we have a large open space outside our kitchen and living room windows and lots of California live oaks so the daffodils look fabulous under them. My HH thinks we have way too many, I on the other hand plan to purchase 3,000 each year for the next 5 years and have my own William Wordsworth “host of golden daffodils each spring. it makes me happy and we have a new deck of the living/dining area so we can sit outside and enjoy the view of them. I will admire your Tulips from the photographs you post.
Bobbi McCombs says
Where did you order the tulip bulbs from? Bobbi
Mavis Butterfield says
Van Engelen. https://www.vanengelen.com/
SueD says
I am hoping to finish garden work this coming weekend if the weather and puppies cooperate. I’ve a feeling it’s too late to plant my saffron crocus bulbs for this year, but crocus, daffodil, and tulip bulbs will be. Brussel sprouts are slowly getting bigger, so I’m waiting to pull them.
Christine says
Here in South Georgia we never put our gardens to rest and the weeds never take time off either. Currently we have cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, collards, and cauliflower that were planted from transplants that will hopefully be ready by Thanksgiving. We just planted onion sets and strawberry plants for a spring harvest. Next will be garlic. Our peppers are still going bonkers. We should be picking squash, cucumbers and green beans but whiteflies hit hard this tear. We direct sowed carrots, beets, spinach, lettuce, and all sorts of greens last week. The months when we harvest the least is August through October. It’s just too hot.