Bulbs: Any other kilobulb planters out there?, 0 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
When I dig them, I start at one end of the bed and work across. You always split a few, but you can tell (by the dying leaves) where the bulbs are located.

After five years of amendment, the soil is fairly loose. This was originally a lawn area. In 2005 the county renovated the creek behind my property and my yard was the 'staging area. For 18 months I had piles of gravel (taller than my ranch-style house), diesel fuel tanks, port-a-potties and a ramp down into the creek. When they finished, they said, "we'll put in sod" - to which I said, "No! I'm going to build a garden there." It didn't occur to me that they had hauled off my nice, rich topsoil and what they brought back was clay, mixed with gravel. The first year I broke a shovel trying to plant a hedge. Every shovelful of dirt contained broken asphalt, rocks, gravel, etc. Each spring and fall I have the bed tilled. I spread a layer of horse manure and have it dug in deep. After five years, I've got out all of the major rocks and the soil works fairly easily, so when I dig, the dirt falls off the bulbs.