But the more I dug, the more bulbs I found from the canna plants I planted last summer. My mom gave me some bulbs and told me they were great growers - - and they were, albeit a little unsightly. They have flowers at the top that show up in early fall, but until then, they're just great big stalks. They're supposed to look like this:
And they grow really tall. Anyway, Jim thought he had dug all the bulbs out for me a couple of weeks ago, but when I started digging again, look what I found:
Close to twenty more bulbs of this stuff!! I think I got them all, but I wasn't sure, so I decided against this area for plants until I know I got all of them. They look like dirt clods in the picture but when you break them open...
They're ready and raring to go. Ugh. So on to plan B which is to plant them in containers. So I prepared my two new containers with some smashed up pottery in the bottom for drainage and then put them on either side of the soon-to-be potato bed.
I found these rocks at the dollar store! Using them as a weed barrier in my containers. I bought out the store. Pretty decent too since they were almost $5/bag at Lowes!
Next, I planted the seeds. Lettuce seeds are super tiny. I just put a few in each hole. I'll have to thin them out later when they start sprouting. Then I put 2 liter plastic bottle halves over each group of seeds to 1) form a protective barrier against squirrels, and 2) guard against upcoming frost. So here's what the planters look like:
I'll let you know later if anything happens!
