My garden on November 30, 2014.My bulbs are still not in the ground! Wednesday’s snowfall really set me back. While the snow has disappeared in most of the city, it is still hanging on in my Mt. Airy garden. An insurance adjuster once told us that we were over 400 feet above sea level. In the heat of summer, this has its advantages--when I get off the train at Mt. Airy station, it feels at least ten degrees cooler than in the lowlands of center city. But the downside is that the snow melts much more slowly up here.
I sure hope the snow is gone tomorrow so I can finish the job. I used to have no problem getting hundreds, sometimes thousands of bulbs in the ground in the period between late-October and late November, prime bulb planting season. But I have to face the fact that I no longer have the stamina for this and stop ordering far more bulbs than I can easily plant. One more adjustment to old-age gardening.
A lot of good news in this post.
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That slower snowmelt in Mt. Airy really does make gardening on schedule a challenge, especially when the weather keeps changing. It sounds like you’ve had years of experience getting huge numbers of bulbs planted, so adjusting the workload with age makes perfect sense. I’ve also learned that taking things at a comfortable pace is better than trying to finish everything at once, much like preparing to Do my online calculus exam without unnecessary pressure. Hopefully the ground clears soon and you can get the remaining bulbs in without rushing.
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