Archive for December, 2008

Web roundup: Too late to plant?

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Too late to plant? - That depends. In this New York Times Home and Garden Q&A, Dr. Bill Miller, a director of the Flower Bulb Research Progarm at Cornell University, has advice for those who bought fall-planted/spring-flowering bulbs but never got around to planting them: While the optimum planting time has long passed in [...]

Holiday decorations: Origami flower bulbs

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

You meant to start forcing some bulbs so that they’d be in flower for the holidays, but never got around to it. You could still visit the florist and buy a pot of bulbs in bud. But if you are the do-it-yourself type, you still have another option: Flower bulb origami.
And there’s [...]