I'm writing in to share a tip: I went to Home Depot to daydream earlier this week, and there were several racks of pots of tulips whose blooms were nearly spent... I assume they're Easter-gift overflow. They wanted $.50 for each pot (3 to 5 bulbs apiece). I'm located in the Chicago burbs, but this sort of sale might be going on in other areas as well.

I also noted plenty of hyacinths and a few damaged Easter lilies. All these poor things need is a little TLC and a good sleep, and they'll be gorgeous again in our yards next spring.

I especially liked getting to see the bloom colors... as many of you know, sometimes the pictures on labels and boxes aren't quite true to what grows!

This is a good time to pick up gladioli, too... they seem to be everywhere, in cheap bags of 25. (And that reminds me of another stroke of good luck: the gladioli I forget about always seem to survive the Chicagoland winters. Bonus!)