FALL BULBS HAVE ARRIVED!

- and that's the good news. Beyond that, however, the news is less encouraging.

Because I'm an idiot and presumed I was ordering bulbs in retail-ready packaging - you know, the boxes with pretty pictures on 'em to entice you, that fold out on the bottom allowing easy access - well, we didn't get that. The tulips and a few other things are in plain boxes, the daffodils are in netted bags and the crocus et al are in ventilated plastic bags. The only picture was ONE random tag for DeCaen anemones. I didn't order any anemones.

Their office in Connecticut was, however, most helpful yesterday and while I'm not looking forward to downloading, printing, cutting and pasting a bazillion photos and trying to make a sensible display out of their not-so-customer-friendly packaging, at least they made some attempt to make it right and if I work through the weekend, we should have some coherent displays. I DO have to hand it to them, quality-wise...they said they were late to ship because they dig later to insure a top-quality bulb and yeah, I've scarcely seen better in my nearly 27 years pandering posies. We'll eventually make these things retail friendly and all will be well.

So let's concentrate on the good news: FALL BULBS HAVE ARRIVED! Sometime this weekend, I'll post our complete list of bulbaliciousness. :)