I am not new to gardening, but after spending over 20 years on Kodiak Island, Ak. being back in the PNW presents me whith some challenges.

In October I cleaned a bed next to the door, amended the plot with quite a bit of garden soil and not as much chicken compost. I divided my overgrown primulas, cut back a low growing azelea, and planted a good number of bulbs. My crocus, snowdrops and siberian iris are all up a good three inches, foliage only, but definitely not sleeping. We had one surprising snowfall, about three inches that hung around for about a week as the temperatures dropped into the teens. The last few days the temps have been in the mid 50's to 60F and even the lilac buds are swelling. I'm concerned about my bulbs, nothing is alive and actively growing in Alaska this time of year, so maybe I am fretting over nothing.

Thanks in advance!