SRS I have the same issue with when to plant bulbs. It has become my tradition to plant all of them on New Years Day. I can never get the bulb companies to hold off shipping that late though, so maintaining them until planting time can be a problem. I have refrigerated tulip bulbs in the past, but the gases given off by the fruits and the veggies in the frig can keep the bulbs from storing well there. I should get a separate frig for them and also for forceing. (Plus hubby can get a little perturbed when there are several hundred bulbs in the refrigerator and no room for the milk:o) Now I just open the boxes so air can circulate, and leave them sitting on my front porch until after Christmas, covering them with straw or leaves if we get a really cold snap.

Had our first salad last night that was completely from the fall garden. Yum!

Janie