A BIG sigh of relief! I planted my bulbs that where here from my early September shipment. That means I can rest up until the ones that ship early October arrive. And with the October ones I don't have the pressure of knowing I have to get them done quickly before more bulbs arrive. But then I don't want to be planting in November either.
Last year what with the hurricane messing things up, I was really late getting my bulbs in ground. The shipments only came later in October, then the storm, so then I was planting in November. I hated that as the soil was cold already and the weather was not so nice either. So this year as I was ordering from those companies shipping in October, I contacted customer service to request early October Ship date. I plan on October being bulb planting month.
Then last thing I do to put the garden to bed for over the winter is to mulch everything with fall leaves I collect each year. People put them out in bags for the city to pick up and I go around and put them in my car and bring them home. Been doing that for years.
