Flower bulbs are being planted in a trench in a garden. - Natallia Ustsinava/Shutterstock Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for ...

Fall is in full swing and winter is just around the corner, but spring is only five months away, and now is the time to start thinking about planting flower bulbs so you’ll have those beautiful spring ...

Planning now can replace the despair of drifting snow banks with eager anticipation of early bursts of color in your garden beds in late winter/early spring. Spring-flowering bulbs offer a tremendous ...

Welcome to our gardening adventure. Let’s grow it together! Many years ago, when we first acquired our current garden, I was enthusiastically putting in plants and pulling weeds when I came across a ...

It's spring bulb-planting season. My advice: Get yourself a kneeling pad and stout trowel, and set aside a day or two over the next month to plant as many little bulbs as you can stand. In March and ...

If you haven’t already purchased your spring bulbs this fall, it’s not too late to pick some up. Many favorites are already snatched away from the enticing colorful catalogs, in print or online, but ...

Emily Dickinson thought hope was the "thing with feathers," but a flower bulb seems like a better metaphor for hope. Tucked into the earth months in advance, bulbs are packed with promise of a ...