Not too late to plant buibs

ALTHOUGH WINTER weather
has set in, it may not be too late to
plant bulbs for next spring.

All you need is a spot in ‘the
garden where the soil is not frozen:
(perhaps under mulch or a pile of
leaves or near the basement foun-
dation) or a short period of thaw.
In fact, late planting may some-
times be beneficial because the
bulbs will begin growing more

The brightly colored amaryllis is
another scautiful bulb that flowers
with no special care. Just cut off
the flowering stem when blooming

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slowly, making them less likely to | :

sprout in a January thaw.

In most cases though, late plan-
tings are not done on purpose but
tather because there was not time
to do so earlier in the year.

Simply plant the bulbs as you
would have done in October,
watering them well to start their
underground growth. Then cover
them with a thick covering of
mulch to prevent the frost from
heaving them out of the ground.

Come spring, they will bloom
beautifully, if perhaps a week or so
later than bulbs planted earlier in
the fall.

Of course, this is also the ideal
season for forcing bulbs indoors.
For the simplest possible forcing,
specially prepared hyacinths are
available.

They don’t need a long period of
cold like most other bulbs and will
reach blooming size very quickly if
simply kept in a cool closet after
planting. In fact, they don’t even
need soil and are often sold in
clear containers that allow you to
grow them in water.

You’ll know they are ready to
force when the growing tip is seven
em (three inches) long and you can
feel the flower buds develop
within. Put them into a sunny spot
and they will soon be in bloom.

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26 billion dollars on kitchen
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or wallpapering job all the way up
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Many of these kitchens slated
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and were originally designed to in-
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Both times and personal
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Trying to squeeze all these mod-
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“Almost is the key word,’’ says
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with smarter space planning,
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