As we get hints of cooler weather on its way, thoughts turn to preparing the garden for winter. But don't overlook the future — invest in some indoor plants and plant as many spring-flowering bulbs as you can find time to.
PENANG: Using flashing bulbs, spinning rotors and sound effects, a 70-year-old former teacher has transformed discarded advertisement brochures into colourful fighter jet, ship and helicopter lanterns.
Flowering bulbs will add some great color to your garden. Watch the video as Brad Rollins discusses four of the most popular types of bulbs and the correct way to plant them.
Those 3,000 daffodil and tulip bulbs I mentioned a few weeks back arrived via UPS while I was home.As the UPS man was unloading his brown truck, I never realized how many boxes 3,000 bulbs would take — it sure took awhile to help him unload all of them.
Swirl light bulbs — those retro-looking twists of glass that resemble soft-serve ice cream cones — are starting to generate not only light but a whole lot of buzz.