All sorts of small bulbs are coming into bloom - Scilla bifolia, S. tubergeniana, S. (formerly Chionodoxa) forbesii. Galanthus and Eranthis on the way out. Hellebores are wonderful, even if they are not bulbs. Tim Eck - you and your wife might have been stung by a spider. Even "ordinary" ones can give a very painful bite. When we were living in Holland one summer - so long ago our children were young with barely two digits to their age - our daughter fell off her bicycle into a patch of nettles. A nearby mother invited her in, used a calming lotion, gave her a cookie and sent her on her way. It's about the time of year when I need to go foraging for nettles, wearing plastic gloves to collect the young shoot tips. Time for young Alliaria leaves too. If I can go to the store (unlikely, here in New Jersey I am prepped with shelf-stable food stuffs and hunkering down in place) to buy watercress and some other greens, I would make preboggion, a delicious Italian dish using 7 types of spring greens. Oh well. Staying home means that perhaps I will get around to all the chores I have been saying I will. Stay well. Be safe. Judy in sunny New Jersey where the weeds are already stretching and (metaphorically) saying "Time to grow." -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…