planting bulbs

[Ted E Bear]

The mention of digging on Anzac day reminded me of tradition to plant bulbs on Anzac day - of course the bulbs dont know the exact date, so any date near then will do but is handy way to remind oneself.

So in keeping with said tradition, this afternoon I planted 10 daffodil bulbs in little spots round my garden.

Will post again in few months when they (hopefully) shoot and flower


PS: very quiet digging so as not to dishonour the day

[Mad Old Cow]

Hey I bet that is why my Nan's huge yard was always covered in daffodils, jonquils & snowflakes she was elderly & lived there from when my dad was little so she had many Anzac days to throw bulbs around I loved it, she let us pick them BUT not too many

[Heather]

Never heard of that tradition....but a lovely one none the less.

[Stormy]

The cooler weather in April usually triggers a bit of gardening frenzy here. We have a couple of bulbs planted in the front garden bed but didn't plant any more yesterday.

[Ted E Bear]

Heather, my dad always did this - he is a very keen gardener and he always told me Anzac day was the day to plant bulbs - but perhaps he just made it up to remind himself and then decided it was a tradition.


If he did, he fooled me anyway - I always thought it was an established gardening thing.

[Heather]

Well....we can make it our tradition too....I'll leave it up to you to remind us next year.