End of the Season

My temperature gauge reads 27 F, snow flakes fly, and a trace of slush accumulates on my back deck. It is the official end of the growing season. I was hoping that my magnificent geraniums and marigolds would get a few more days. Call me an optimist...or a Minnesotan.

Planting Bulbs

This first photo is one four foot bed where I planted two Profusion zinnias. This is a great variety, spreading and blooming, well, profusely.
Planting bulbs is easy and the reward is delightful flowers in spring. It's a lost easier than uploading photos! (They are in reverse order.) I planted Siberian squill (Scilla). Being careful to keep the mat of grass intact, I dug a hole deep enough to plant the bulbs three inches deep. I have clay soil so I dug out some of the clay and put in some garden-worthy dirt.
I mixed in some organic bulb food and planted the bulbs.
Next I replaced the lawn on top. In the spring I should have blue flowers peeking through the lawn. I planted clumps of at lease three throughout different sections of the left side of the lawn. Hopefully they'll survive the winter!