Spring bulbs, remembering where they are planted

I can't seem to remember where I planted my spring bulbs once the foliage dies down so have ended up digging them up, by accident, to plant something else. I was given this tip so, in case anyone else has this problem, I'll pass it along. In my gardens, where there are no white rocks, I set a 2 or 3 inch white rock in the middle of the group of bulbs.

 

I take pictures of all bulb plantings. Included in the pictures are identifying garden features for reference.

Works for me.

Jerry

 

Jerry I wish I was that organized but I'd probably forget where I put the pictures. I've been thinking of drawing a smile on my white rocks and gluing googly eyes on them. That would fit in my gardens and also, at times, the way I feel when I stand there, trowel in hand, thinking 'what the heck was I going to do????

 

Often my exploits into the garden end up to be something other than the original intent. Since there are so many things to do, I end up having more fun just wandering around from task to task. Today we are getting about 3 inches of 'Poor Man's Fertilizer'

I thinks the rocks will work as long as the spring cleaning does not move them. Perhaps painted smiley faces with colored dots to tell you what bulb is planted below.

Jerry

 

I usually mark them with tags, that I push down deep into the soil. Works for me.

 

2ofus, I love the rock idea! I've used perlite to mark seed beds and bulb locations, but it tends to go away and I tend to forget. We have plenty of rocks, and I think the googly eyes and smile would brighten my day! Of course, it will scare the heck out of any garden visitors, but almost everything has a down side.

 

Toni, leave it to you to come up with an imaginative way to mark planting beds with "junque"!

 

I have used wooden craft sticks. I put one at the beginning of the row and one at the end of the row.