Ah, spring is here. And so are the spring bulbs. Last autumn, we planted a whole load of bulbs – hyacinth, iris reticulata, crocus, snowflakes, narcissi, fritillaries, and tulips. The squirrels ate all the crocus. There was a mighty battle involving ground up chilli and Jay’s cleaning fluid (apparently if you spray it where you’ve planted bulbs, it deters the squirrels from digging, but it didn’t work for us). The squirrels won and a couple of hundred crocus never appeared. They have now moved on to tulip bulbs. Curses. But still, lots of things have come up. And every day brings new joys.
