Lmbo! Isn’t that the way! “I’m gonna plant these 50 bulbs right here, it’s gonna look awesome..” 200 bulbs later, “I think I need more bulbs in this area.🤣😂❤️
Yes, a bag of 100 bulbs seems like a lot until you start planting...I wish I had ordered more! The daffs will be so welcome at the end of the long, dark Wisconsin winter.
So true! Last year I purchased about 100 bulbs & it ended up only being enough to fill 2 small 2x3 foot areas in either side of my porch steps, & then a couple rows in the cutflower farm.
oh I can relate! my property is really small and rocky so I thought I will have hard time of planting 100 bulbs.. ha ha I ran out of bulbs quicker than I thought I would! Isn't amazing how we can underestimate the space? :)
Ya I wasn’t going to plant anymore. But, then someone told me tulips were half price so of course I had to go get some. Then, when I got there I found the shrubs were on sale for $1! So I got 4 landscape roses, 3 spirea and 1 weigela and 155 tulips. My knees are mad at me now.
Not me: Spending the last month frantically drawing out garden plans & trying to figure out where I'm going to put all the bulbs I picked up on clearance (in + to the ones I ordered online) because I already had my bulb orders mapped out Also not me: Re-planning for 300 in the back yard & 200 for the front yard- then planting 500 daffodil bulbs, & haven't even made it to the front yard yet! 😄😄😄 I feel you!
Goodness. I wish I hadn't fallen asleep with a migraine today instead of planting. I have been making determined progress despite heavy clay. Now my body is feeling it. I hope the plan gets done.
We have lived in our house for 30+ years ( zone 5 in Illinois) I have planted tons of bulbs over the years. Yard is so gorgeous in the spring! I still tuck in a few each year here and there. I have 3/4 of an acre. The squirrels drive me nuts too......I live near the woods and have mature oaks in my yard with lots of acorns😩😩😩
I think cyclamen and snow drops would look lovely too. Columbine, lily of the valley, ferns would be nice as well underneath this tall spruce. Well done ...it will be a nice Easter display in spring.
I live in an area that has heavy red clay soil. I planted 75 tulip and daff bulbs last year and I had 7 come up. This coming year I'm excited to try Dahlias.
I have the same sort of soil in 7a. Fingers crossed that the bulbs can handle it. Mostly daffs in the ground. Thinking to try tulips and crocus in pots to foil those pesky squirrels! Happy fall planting!
Have the same sort of soil in my 7a garden. Hoping my bulbs can handle it and be successful. Put mostly daffs in the ground and will be trying tulips and crocus in pots to foil those pesky squirrels! Could something have dug up and eaten/removed those bulbs you had planted? This past spring I found some beautiful crocus just randomly growing in the lawn which I did not put there! Seems I've read a comment before of someone planting like 100s of crocus and then seeing the neighbor's lawn blooming with them the next spring 😯. Best of luck this year 🙋 No idea how this double reply happened☺! So Sorry!
How sad after all your work! I have clay in zone 8a and have good results with large yellow daffodils and Thalias. A great fall blooming bulb for clay in the south is Schoolhouse lilies (aka Oxblood, yuck) they practically grow in cement. 😀
Can't wait Erin to see the gorgeous waves of daffodils nodding their pretty heads in your garden this coming spring. I don't use an auger to dig my holes but use a pro-plugger and looks like both methods save time and our backs!
I bet the Lamium will do very well over winter. We have several massive patches of Lamium in shady woods by our house. I also LOVE Epimedium and recommend it as a shade-loving plant to anyone who will listen.
Love lamium too. Those of us with big properties learn to appreciate ground covers that spread in dry shade. It minimizes endless weeding! Beautiful day there, Erin, for mid-November! Thanks for sharing!!
The pups are exhausted just from watching you work!! 🤣Love seeing them!! They are so cute! Your garden will look absolutely beautiful…can’t wait to see it next spring!
This will be looking so pretty in the Spring! We have a giant Norway Maple in front of our house, lots of dry shade. I let Lily of the Valley colonize there, but this Fall I finally made a real effort with bulbs as well. Used some daffodils, that I dug up in other areas. Then I ordered 150 light blue Muscari, I thought that would be a lot. It really just scratched the surface, will order more next year, if they look good.
I about broke my finger trying to use the auger around tree roots lol. It got caught and whipped the drill around🤦🏻♀️. The lamium in my dry shade is traveling everywhere! I have to yank it out periodically. It will look beautiful in the spring. Tête-à-tête is one of my favorites! ☺️
nearly 600 more bulbs than planned 😂 i regret not purchasing more than 200 daff’s but daffodils multiply like crazy where i am so i’m anticipating to have quite the show in another year or 2!
Good Morning Erin, I’ve been wondering how this project had filled in. 👍☺️ Aaah, this is going to be a beautiful show, I can’t wait to see it in the spring. 👏 👏💝 It’s going to be spectacular. Have a wonderful week. Chris
Thanks for the chuckle, lol I swear bulbs multiply after we buy them! Or maybe I was a little anxious while ordering. Lol I’m finally DONE. That area of yours is going to be beautiful ❣️❣️❣️ Gotta have that color after a looong winter ❄️.
Gardeners math word problem: I planted 600-700 on 2/3 of my front garden, so I need how many for the remaining 1/3? the math would say 300-350… So what did I buy? 1200 🙃 Not an error (Math is my thing)..the extra was for the many spaces that “need” enhancement . Call it catalog-induced gardeners math. There are worse habits 🙃
A neighbor garden! I have one of those! I call it the good neighbor slope. Only 1/3 mine but I adopted the whole thing. I hope the new neighbors coming in a few months like the idea. Going to plant daffodils there too to help win them over.
This is going to sound crazy, but I used 200 white, 3 1/2" golf tees to mark where we had been as we planted bulbs. We used the auger, placed the bulb and fertilizer and then covered up, placed the tee in the spot and moved on. Not an original idea,__I had seen it on another garden page.
Is that a body of water in the background? Looks beautiful. Can you give us a tour one day? Love your garden, can’t wait to see it in the spring!!💖😊🐿🐿🐿🌼👍👋
This area is looking absolutely beautiful, just a well-done, naturalistic setting. Love it! Have you ever looked into phlox divaricata? It’s a woodland phlox that I am in love with. I think you would really enjoy the variety called May Breeze. It is almost white, with a hint of ice blue, so gorgeous. I have a few, and plan on adding more to some of my woodland areas. No idea if it is hardy to your area, but it might be perfect in the right location! 💗
I’ve always read that daffodils, alliums, snowdrops & snowflakes are avoided by deer/rabbits/squirrels (bitter tasting?). Tulips & crocus are a different story (zone 6) I cage them at planting and even then the crocus flowers became “rabbit candy” the day after they bloomed. Next year, I’m trying 1) a wire cloche for the crocus 2) botanical tulips (which I’m told are less interesting to critters). If all else fails, I’ll replace with ones that do succeed here without a lot of fuss.
Hi, Erin 👋🏻 That is going to look so amazing in the Spring 🙌🏻 Hopefully, the squirrels 🐿 🐿 will not take your bulbs inplace of their pine cones!! Have a Blessed Night 😊
Always order more than you think you need. I wish I had more space but I always find room to put the extras. Most of my plants are under planted by now.
It's going to be so beautiful!! I planted 750 bulbs this fall (which I thought was overwhelming!), guess not, after watching this video...lol. Off topic, first trip to WI this past weekend and toured U of WI Arboretum and Olbrich Botanical Gardens...wouldn't it be fun if you gave us a tour...I would love to see particularly Olbrich in the Spring and/or Summer.
Just curious but aren't you afraid that the squirrels are going to dig up and eat all of your bulbs over winter? We live in Kentucky and squirrels are the most aggravating thing that I deal with. Thank you for all of your knowledge and sharing it with us.
More bulbs!!! Lol I need to go back to the store & get some more bulbs now. 🤦🏽♀️ Did u put any flowers tone or bulb tone in the holes? Or is it not necessary
It will be so pretty! Looking forward to it this spring…23. I thought it might be tough because of tree roots!! That’s always my problem☹️. Plus your soil looked great!
So did you plant bulbs only on the sunny side of the tree, or did you plant some on your side too? Just curious because I have similar planting situations in my yard…thx 😊
Every year I ask myself why did I order so many bulbs, only to be inspired to plant more in other areas. There is just too much competition to buy bulbs (and spring ephemerals) right now from wholesalers that sell retail, particularly for woodland spaces. Who has the bandwidth to order bulbs in the spring?
I planted 245 bulbs and though they were plenty. Now, I want more, and big box stores already got rid of all of them 😭 I'm in Northwest suburbs in IL. If someone knows of a big deal let me know.
Hi Erin. This not related to your bulb video but dahlia storage. I have my dahlias in wood shaving (animal bedding) just like you did and I’m already seeing some shriveling. Do you add moisture to your animal bedding or just mist? Sorry if I missed that direction I watched your two part video from last year.
Hello. Under my walnut tree in the shade in zone 7 I have tiarella (which looks gorgeous as a river of bloom), geranium maxiriza (spelling?) and native ginger and a few ferns. In researching what to plant in this area, I realized that native plants do the best. And so pretty. Good luck.
Me too in 7a. I just transplanted some very weak looking plants to a shadier spot. We'll see if they survive the transplant. I think maybe in warmer climates they just get fried.
Thus the reason I will not plant bulbs!! I know me…I’d plant hundreds or thousands of different bulbs in an area in my back yard & wait for the beauty & it would be a Big ole mess! And I’d have killed myself & hate it. 😬😂
"....the damn squirrels....", LOL. I feel this in my soul, lol.
Lmbo! Isn’t that the way! “I’m gonna plant these 50 bulbs right here, it’s gonna look awesome..” 200 bulbs later, “I think I need more bulbs in this area.🤣😂❤️
Yes, a bag of 100 bulbs seems like a lot until you start planting...I wish I had ordered more! The daffs will be so welcome at the end of the long, dark Wisconsin winter.
So true! Last year I purchased about 100 bulbs & it ended up only being enough to fill 2 small 2x3 foot areas in either side of my porch steps, & then a couple rows in the cutflower farm.
oh I can relate! my property is really small and rocky so I thought I will have hard time of planting 100 bulbs.. ha ha I ran out of bulbs quicker than I thought I would! Isn't amazing how we can underestimate the space? :)
Ya I wasn’t going to plant anymore. But, then someone told me tulips were half price so of course I had to go get some. Then, when I got there I found the shrubs were on sale for $1! So I got 4 landscape roses, 3 spirea and 1 weigela and 155 tulips. My knees are mad at me now.
So cool! Congrats on the deals. Good luck on getting it done! I have a lot of fall planting still to do too!
Ummm ya, and then there's the bulbs in the fridge for forcing. Husband - "you have no idea how many you have do you?"
🤷🏻♀️😂🤣
Not me: Spending the last month frantically drawing out garden plans & trying to figure out where I'm going to put all the bulbs I picked up on clearance (in + to the ones I ordered online) because I already had my bulb orders mapped out
Also not me: Re-planning for 300 in the back yard & 200 for the front yard- then planting 500 daffodil bulbs, & haven't even made it to the front yard yet!
😄😄😄 I feel you!
You make it all look so easy. Ha. Can't wait to see results next year. Have to say, love the music you choose for your videos. Doubles the pleasure.
Erin and Jim (HortTube) knock it out of the park with their music choices. They're the only ones I don't mute during musical interludes. :D
I couldn’t agree more, Carol!
EXCITED TO SEE THE SPRING DISPLAY !!! Never enough bulbs😉😩
Just ordered bulbs, when I saw the header, "if you can still dig, you can still plant" :) Couldn't resist!
I literally CANNOT wait to see them blooming!!!! I could never find the patience to plant that many bulbs
Goodness. I wish I hadn't fallen asleep with a migraine today instead of planting. I have been making determined progress despite heavy clay. Now my body is feeling it. I hope the plan gets done.
We have lived in our house for 30+ years ( zone 5 in Illinois) I have planted tons of bulbs over the years. Yard is so gorgeous in the spring! I still tuck in a few each year here and there. I have 3/4 of an acre. The squirrels drive me nuts too......I live near the woods and have mature oaks in my yard with lots of acorns😩😩😩
I’ve 200-300 and I’ve barely started. Gonna be great. You and Laura have definitely inspired me!
One can never plant too many bulbs!
Looked at the title and thought "yup, me too!" 🥴😂
I think cyclamen and snow drops would look lovely too.
Columbine, lily of the valley, ferns would be nice as well underneath this tall spruce.
Well done ...it will be a nice Easter display in spring.
I live in an area that has heavy red clay soil. I planted 75 tulip and daff bulbs last year and I had 7 come up. This coming year I'm excited to try Dahlias.
I have the same sort of soil in 7a. Fingers crossed that the bulbs can handle it. Mostly daffs in the ground. Thinking to try tulips and crocus in pots to foil those pesky squirrels! Happy fall planting!
Oh, that must have been so disappointing! 😔
Have the same sort of soil in my 7a garden. Hoping my bulbs can handle it and be successful. Put mostly daffs in the ground and will be trying tulips and crocus in pots to foil those pesky squirrels! Could something have dug up and eaten/removed those bulbs you had planted? This past spring I found some beautiful crocus just randomly growing in the lawn which I did not put there! Seems I've read a comment before of someone planting like 100s of crocus and then seeing the neighbor's lawn blooming with them the next spring 😯. Best of luck this year 🙋 No idea how this double reply happened☺! So Sorry!
How sad after all your work! I have clay in zone 8a and have good results with large yellow daffodils and Thalias. A great fall blooming bulb for clay in the south is Schoolhouse lilies (aka Oxblood, yuck) they practically grow in cement. 😀
I have Georgia red clay too. Never had a problem with bulbs. Maybe squirrels got them?
Thank you! I have an exact shady area that has confused and bewildered me! I just did not know what to plant! Great ideas!
I hope you didn't get your new merch shirt dirty! Lol. It is gonna a spectacular spring show.
Can't wait Erin to see the gorgeous waves of daffodils nodding their pretty heads in your garden this coming spring. I don't use an auger to dig my holes but use a pro-plugger and looks like both methods save time and our backs!
WOW! I just looked that up! I can't do augers but I think I could do this!! THANKS
You crack me up. I always close your videos with a chuckle.😃🌷
I bet the Lamium will do very well over winter. We have several massive patches of Lamium in shady woods by our house. I also LOVE Epimedium and recommend it as a shade-loving plant to anyone who will listen.
“The damned squirrels.” I feel your pain!
It’s going to be beautiful Erin 💕
He’s this will be so glorious come spring!! I finished all my bulbs this year and quickly ordered more. Lol.
Love lamium too. Those of us with big properties learn to appreciate ground covers that spread in dry shade. It minimizes endless weeding! Beautiful day there, Erin, for mid-November! Thanks for sharing!!
Daffodils always cheer me up in the spring. They remind me winter will end.
1,070 bulbs this year for me. Love them!
The bulbs will be beautiful... love your channel with a cup of tea. ✨💖✨
The pups are exhausted just from watching you work!! 🤣Love seeing them!! They are so cute! Your garden will look absolutely beautiful…can’t wait to see it next spring!
This will be looking so pretty in the Spring! We have a giant Norway Maple in front of our house, lots of dry shade. I let Lily of the Valley colonize there, but this Fall I finally made a real effort with bulbs as well. Used some daffodils, that I dug up in other areas. Then I ordered 150 light blue Muscari, I thought that would be a lot. It really just scratched the surface, will order more next year, if they look good.
I about broke my finger trying to use the auger around tree roots lol. It got caught and whipped the drill around🤦🏻♀️. The lamium in my dry shade is traveling everywhere! I have to yank it out periodically. It will look beautiful in the spring. Tête-à-tête is one of my favorites! ☺️
Glad to see an update on the area. It looks great!
This was so fun to watch! 🌺🌹🌺
Ooops I did it again!!! It is just so satisfying when they come up in the spring!
Can't wait to see the blooms!!!!
That's going to be so pretty!
nearly 600 more bulbs than planned 😂 i regret not purchasing more than 200 daff’s but daffodils multiply like crazy where i am so i’m anticipating to have quite the show in another year or 2!
LOL I love how this really escalated
Good Morning Erin, I’ve been wondering how this project had filled in. 👍☺️ Aaah, this is going to be a beautiful show, I can’t wait to see it in the spring. 👏 👏💝 It’s going to be spectacular. Have a wonderful week. Chris
I love follow ups. 😊
The garden will look pretty come Spring!
Lucky neighbor! 🏵
Please make sure to do an update video, so we can see what it will look like in the spring. 🤩
The Bulbs Will Look Very Good This Spring
Thanks for the chuckle, lol I swear bulbs multiply after we buy them! Or maybe I was a little anxious while ordering. Lol I’m finally DONE. That area of yours is going to be beautiful ❣️❣️❣️ Gotta have that color after a looong winter ❄️.
Gardeners math word problem: I planted 600-700 on 2/3 of my front garden, so I need how many for the remaining 1/3? the math would say 300-350…
So what did I buy? 1200 🙃 Not an error (Math is my thing)..the extra was for the many spaces that “need” enhancement . Call it catalog-induced gardeners math. There are worse habits 🙃
Love the gardeners math. 😀
A neighbor garden! I have one of those! I call it the good neighbor slope. Only 1/3 mine but I adopted the whole thing. I hope the new neighbors coming in a few months like the idea. Going to plant daffodils there too to help win them over.
That is going to be quite a show , hope you show us how it turned out !!!
Very nice, Erin. Will be beautiful in spring.
That's me literally every year. I order bulbs starting in June and then they start arriving in the fall and I wonder what the hell I've done.
Lol. So hard to hold back!
Omg! Same! I got 2 boxes I ordered this summer (probably in the middle of the night) and totally forgot. Oops. Good thing I love alliums!
Can't wait to see the beauty 😍
Ohhh, can’t wait for Spring now. 🙌🏻
It's going to look beautiful in the spring! I can't wait to see it.
This is going to sound crazy, but I used 200 white, 3 1/2" golf tees to mark where we had been as we planted bulbs. We used the auger, placed the bulb and fertilizer and then covered up, placed the tee in the spot and moved on. Not an original idea,__I had seen it on another garden page.
Squirrels gonna do what squirrels gonna do.
Is that a body of water in the background? Looks beautiful. Can you give us a tour one day? Love your garden, can’t wait to see it in the spring!!💖😊🐿🐿🐿🌼👍👋
It’s Lake Michigan
That's going to be mighty beautiful this spring!! Also, I LOVE your musical choices, and the new graphics!!
This area is looking absolutely beautiful, just a well-done, naturalistic setting. Love it! Have you ever looked into phlox divaricata? It’s a woodland phlox that I am in love with. I think you would really enjoy the variety called May Breeze. It is almost white, with a hint of ice blue, so gorgeous. I have a few, and plan on adding more to some of my woodland areas. No idea if it is hardy to your area, but it might be perfect in the right location! 💗
I wish I can buy and plant bulbs but I’m thinking that this year I can’t! And it breaks my heart!😭🤣
I’ve always read that daffodils, alliums, snowdrops & snowflakes are avoided by deer/rabbits/squirrels (bitter tasting?). Tulips & crocus are a different story (zone 6) I cage them at planting and even then the crocus flowers became “rabbit candy” the day after they bloomed. Next year, I’m trying 1) a wire cloche for the crocus 2) botanical tulips (which I’m told are less interesting to critters). If all else fails, I’ll replace with ones that do succeed here without a lot of fuss.
Erin, I love watching your videos! You put smile on my face ❤️🙏🏻😊
Hi, Erin 👋🏻 That is going to look so amazing in the Spring 🙌🏻 Hopefully, the squirrels 🐿 🐿 will not take your bulbs inplace of their pine cones!! Have a Blessed Night 😊
Always order more than you think you need. I wish I had more space but I always find room to put the extras. Most of my plants are under planted by now.
That will be gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!
Love this! Can’t wait to see it in the spring
Oh wow that will be gorgeous in the spring!! Great inspiration! 👏🏻 I love this project you’re doing with your neighbors
I hear ya!
I planted 800 on our new acreage!
Love Lamium!
It's going to be so beautiful!! I planted 750 bulbs this fall (which I thought was overwhelming!), guess not, after watching this video...lol. Off topic, first trip to WI this past weekend and toured U of WI Arboretum and Olbrich Botanical Gardens...wouldn't it be fun if you gave us a tour...I would love to see particularly Olbrich in the Spring and/or Summer.
Just curious but aren't you afraid that the squirrels are going to dig up and eat all of your bulbs over winter? We live in Kentucky and squirrels are the most aggravating thing that I deal with. Thank you for all of your knowledge and sharing it with us.
That’s me last year I bought 200 bulbs. This year only about 40.
woohoo cant wait to see it
How many bulbs did you plant in each hole? What size is your auger and how long? Can’t wait to see in spring!
More bulbs!!! Lol I need to go back to the store & get some more bulbs now. 🤦🏽♀️ Did u put any flowers tone or bulb tone in the holes? Or is it not necessary
It will be so pretty! Looking forward to it this spring…23. I thought it might be tough because of tree roots!! That’s always my problem☹️. Plus your soil looked great!
It's going to be awesome! 😍
Erin..you should have seen the huge pile(s) of walnut hulls under our maple trees! Unbelievable! 😡
More is more and less is a bore. - Iris Apfel
Nice video👍👍👍👍
So did you plant bulbs only on the sunny side of the tree, or did you plant some on your side too? Just curious because I have similar planting situations in my yard…thx 😊
How do the squirrels do with the daffodil bulbs?
Does it harm the tree if it has pinecones at the bottom? I would have thought it would be a good mulch like woodchips.
Every year I ask myself why did I order so many bulbs, only to be inspired to plant more in other areas. There is just too much competition to buy bulbs (and spring ephemerals) right now from wholesalers that sell retail, particularly for woodland spaces. Who has the bandwidth to order bulbs in the spring?
How large is the auger hole? How many in each hole? Nice video.
I planted 245 bulbs and though they were plenty. Now, I want more, and big box stores already got rid of all of them 😭 I'm in Northwest suburbs in IL. If someone knows of a big deal let me know.
Erin, will those squirrels have a feast on your daffodil bulbs? Have you ever had issues with that?
I read daffodils get left alone as the entire plant including bulb is poisonous to squirrels, rats, deer etc. that’s why I plant them! 🌼
Hi Erin. This not related to your bulb video but dahlia storage. I have my dahlias in wood shaving (animal bedding) just like you did and I’m already seeing some shriveling. Do you add moisture to your animal bedding or just mist? Sorry if I missed that direction I watched your two part video from last year.
BULBS HAPPEN!
it's going to look great in the spring.( u k )
I love your channel. Can you please provide some recommendation for ground cover under a walnut tree in zone 7b? Thanks!
Hello. Under my walnut tree in the shade in zone 7 I have tiarella (which looks gorgeous as a river of bloom), geranium maxiriza (spelling?) and native ginger and a few ferns. In researching what to plant in this area, I realized that native plants do the best. And so pretty. Good luck.
@@renejohnson37 thank you so much. Are they all perennials? Cause that's what I'm looking for
@@huytruong2542 They are.
@@renejohnson37 perfect. Thank you very much. I sure will plant these next spring.
I planted some geranium macrorrhizum and they just fizzled away. Gone. Wonder what I did wrong. Zone 7b. Hoping they'll come back in the spring.
Me too in 7a. I just transplanted some very weak looking plants to a shadier spot. We'll see if they survive the transplant. I think maybe in warmer climates they just get fried.
Hey, you are channeling your friend Laura from GA!
Thus the reason I will not plant bulbs!! I know me…I’d plant hundreds or thousands of different bulbs in an area in my back yard & wait for the beauty & it would be a Big ole mess! And I’d have killed myself & hate it. 😬😂
What is your plant zone?
5
Since you raked up the squirrels pine cones I hope you didn’t plant their food for them.
Why would you mess with the wildlife Savage for the winter. I'm an advocate and it's not rite. Just go around there work next time!!!