Well now I _know_ that the cold weather's right around the corner. The first true sign of an arctic winter has shown it's face. Spring Bulbs are for sale as house plants. It happens every year and usually shortly there after we get hit with an arctic cold front that forces even the hardiest indoors for weeks on end.
Personally I'd be thrilled to be proven wrong, but stores merchandising is rarely wrong.
Bulbs as houseplants? While picking mine out I couldn't help but overhear two ladies pondering who in their right mind would buy them...as they perused the $30 bouquets of cut flowers. To me the choice was simple. $3.99 gets you a pot full of crocus', daffodils or hyacinths. All of which flower...and when they're done I put them on the shelf and wait for the ground to thaw enough to plant them in my garden.
They then proceed to bloom year after year. The Hyacinths don't always seem to make it more than a year or two but it seems like a nice way to remind yourself that things will start to grow again. A little slice of spring in the middle of a cold and barren January...
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