Article: BULB PLANTING IS A GREAT BEGINNING FOR CHILDREN.(Home Front)

Byline: Dale Langford

Looking for a plant that has an almost 100 percent chance of success? Well, take a look at fall-planted bulbs. Nature has provided us with a huge variety of shapes, colors, sizes and fragrance stored inside a pre-packaged pantry of all the food necessary for a blooming cycle. In fact, the flower and its leaves are already fully formed in bulbs like tulips. If you have never sliced one from top to bottom, give it a try. You can see all these formed parts and it's a great tool for getting children's attention and interest.

A bulb-planting is an easy way to introduce youngsters to the joys and rewards of gardening. Unfortunately, we ...

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