Tulips for the Playhouse
Will and Sue gave us a big bag of tulip bulbs a few months ago. Sheila and I had been trying to find a home for them in one of our flowerbeds and finally decided to plant them around the playhouse. This meant I had to find enough rocks to use as a border for two new flowerbeds. I quickly found the necessary rocks and dug two new flowerbeds, one on each side of the path to the playhouse. Kenzie came over and helped Gee plant all the bulbs about a month ago... After Kenzie and Gee planted the bulbs, I went out there with chicken wire to cover the flowerbeds to keep our local rodents from stealing the bulbs. I then covered the chicken wire with a mix of more potting soil and top soil. We've had bulbs stolen by rodents before so hopefully this chicken wire will deter them this time. We'll see how these tulips do in the spring. They should look very nice flanking each side of the steps to the playhouse.