"The Weather Outside is Frightful,,,,,,,,"

Lol great blog david that made me laugh....Think Gary might be worst for wear in the morning better have the old painkillers on hand.....

Enjoyed your blog, David. Can't help you with the tulip problem (gave up on most bulbs as they seem to rot in the winter here) but I'm quite happy to help out with any bottles Gary is nurturing! Rum sounds good for a winters evening, just a splash in a cup of coffee :)

That was good to read,and made me smile this morning.Gary is a dapper little chap,and your books look interesting too.I agree about the Gardening channel on Sky.Most of the others are rubbish,and we only have it,because we are in a bad reception area,and can't have cable here either,as we did at the other house,so yes,David,....Grrr....

I agree about the TV. Mostly rubbish! We haven't got Sky - and cable doesn't come out ino rural areas, so it's read a book time or of course browse through GOY!!!!

Tulips? Try feeding the squirrels with them, David (hollow laugh) ...they've dug up and eaten every one in my garden.

Glad you got your hot water etc back. That was quick! :-))))

Great Blog David &im glad ur all fixed now :) Id plant the Tulips into some Pots/Containers & place them in a Sheltered Place for now :) Jacx

Great blog David think i'd do same as Jacque says plant in pots put in sheltered spot.

Thank You ! haha, am at work today, so plenty of free heat and hot drinks :-)).

Thank you, Jacque and Clarice, for the advice re the tulips. I don't suppose that "Gary" will havve done anything with them whilst I'm out , hehe!

Yes, Spritz, I read about your unwelcome visitors to your bulbs :-((. Here, they are known to enter houses and trash whole rooms, if windows unwittingly left open while householders out.

Trust Tt to be able to include this blog in Goypedia, too - "watering cans" !!

Well, teabreak over, back to the job in hand. :-))

Fun blog David, I enjoyed it!
I've got bulbs too David, dug them out of troughs end of season, forgot to put them back! Was going to try them in pots too as I have seen that other GoY members did that.

great blog david, nice pressies to, plant the bulbs and keep them in till snow and frost gone, im sure they will be ok, then stand pots between plants in spring, or just have them on your window ledge indoors

Enjoyed your blog david...... i to have to get electric on key......so made sure i had loads on before xmas...... as ive been using electric heater as well as the central heating.... which i dont have on all the time... great xmas pressies...... good job your landlady was on the ball, and got your heating sorted........ keep warm

Many Thanks for the growing tips. Will get them potted up this weekend - if I can tear myself away from those books and seed/plant catalogues..:-)).

Keep warm, too, Holly, and everyone.The "fair weather" may be a bit distant, yet. :-((.

I quite understand you are fed up with the snow, I, too, wish it would go back to the mountains & poles where it properly belongs & looks best! LOL! Here it actually began to melt a little today! I even noticed the difference in the hour & half I was at church this morning! It began to snow a little here around 3pm but didn't last long & didn't stay on the ground either. Phew!

It's good you got your heating sorted out so quickly.

As for your Tulips I would do as suggested by others above & put them in a couple of pots in a cool place - not freezing mind you! - till the weather warms up a little & then put them outside. They will probably flower in the spring. Good luck!

Many Thanks, Balcony. have done as suggested, and the tulips are now warm in bed, in the shed. :-))

Enjoyed your blog, loved Gary anything that carries a bottle is a friend for life, we have a old fashioned plaster waiter.....minus bottle, run out of supplies.How did your tulips fare in the end?

Would love one of those "waiters" Daisy!! Even if he does "run dry", lol!!

Have planted the tulip bulbs in pots, and topped with primroses in bloom now (must get pics). :-))

Yes please do.......

Am working this weekend, but will get around to it, Daisy! :-))

That's a good idea, David. I always overplant my bulbs with other plants.

Thanks, Balcony! Something I read about a while ago, and then was reminded by others doing the same, here on GOY. I was reading about tiered bulb planting in containers, somnetimes called "lasagne planting", which allows you to plant a variety of bulbs which require different planting depths, in a container. The ultimate outcome is to have a succession of flowers over a period. Have missed out this Spring, but, at least, I remembered to add some current surface interest! :-))

PS. Can't wait for the 1000s of daffs, crocus, etc., to be in bloom along the dual carriageways en route to work, or to see what delights our Council will plant for us as Spring bedding this year!!! Will be out and about with camera, for certain! Many of the public sculptures and artwork are interesting, too! :-))

I've done that many times! The first time ever was when I had, literally, 100s of red Tulips. I worked at the time in a factory where they made plastic strawberry planters. The promotional dept. came up with the idea of giving away red Tulip bulbs with each planter. I don't know what happened but we ended up with what seemed like 1,000s of leftover bulbs. So they gave them away to any employee that wanted them. I got several bags of them & planted them in the back garden & also in big pots - I planted them in about 3 layers in several pots! I think I still have the photos I took of them when they flowered! If I can find them I'll scan them into the computer & post a couple of photos in my pictures.