Did not get to the gym this morning. Waking up was too hard (eight hours is apparently not enough) and I am sore from running yesterday. I don't think I'm even going to pretend that I'll go after work.

The corkscrew things they sell to tie a dog out are the perfect tool for planting bulbs. Screw it in, tank it out, and you've got the perfect size and depth hole.

Fantastic! This also answers my unspoken question, can I plant bulbs now? The other plants will probably die if I try to plant them now, but they're gonna die anyway. I can't bring the patio plants inside. I did not think of this last spring when I was buying patio plants. But they all lived except for one! That's much better than I expected; I thought I'd kill them all.

Oooh, I want to plant tulip bulbs in the front. I guess I need to get to a garden store first and get some tulip bulbs.

I have irises and tiger lilies from my mom's garden. But I planted them at the side of the house, where I never see them; why did I do that? I want to move them to the front, but I'm afraid Ms. Brown Thumb here will kill them. I know nothing about gardening.

Both of those pretty unkillable. The main thing people do wrong with irises is plant them too deep; the rhizomes should be just barely covered. If you're worried about killing them, only transplant part of them.

Gah, just spent the better part of the AM filling out a job application online. Come to the references part and they want references who AREN'T listed as your supervisors. Now I have to scramble to find colleagues that can be references.

Ooh, are irises perennial? I'm semi-interested in planting some flowers in the front yard, but not if they are annual. Edit: And the front door is purple, so irises could be perfect.

Irises are great plants. I think their spiky leaves are attractive even when there are no flowers, which is not true of a lot of bulbs.

I love irises.

Irises are perennial. Thanks for the info, Ginger!