This is the time of year that as a gardener I get restless. Most of the holiday plants are wilted, withered or dead. There are stacks of seed and garden catalogs by the recliner, and yet I long for ...

Q: My daughter teaches first grade and tried to force tulips and daffodils in glass beads and water last winter. It was a failure. She would like to do it again this year, but she does not want to use ...

In the 1600s, when hyacinth bulbs were brought from Turkey to Europe, there was speculation that it was a new food. People thought the bulbs resembled a turnip, so they cut them in pieces and boiled ...

The smaller bulbs of grape hyacinths can easily be forced indoors, but larger hyacinth bulbs require a bit more effort. Buy bulbs that have been specifically prepared for indoor forcing with a ...

Forcing bulbs indoors allows you to enjoy colorful flowers during the winter months, brightening up your home. Simulating winter conditions tricks bulbs into blooming early by chilling them before ...

Nothing's cheerier on a nasty, cold, wet winter day than to have blooms indoors. Many bulbs and spring-flowering branches can be forced inside, usually flowering more quickly than they do outside. • ...

Fall finds garden centers hawking bulbs for tulips, daffodils and other spring bloomers. You can plant these outdoors before cold weather comes, or bring them inside and engage in a little trickery ...

Other spring-flowering bulbs require a chilling period before they'll bloom. This includes tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, Dutch iris and scilla. An extended period of cool temperatures ...

The bottle with one drop of ketchup left, the never-opened container of ancient low-cal dip (it seemed like a good idea at the time), and that carton of — of — nobody can even remember: It’s time to ...

Looking for a free mini puzzle? Play the USA TODAY Quick Cross now. I thought I was so smart. Last fall, in the season of bulb madness, I hung onto about 25 Dutch hyacinths rather than plant them in ...