I have this little bed that I planted some (past their best) bulbs last year - they did nothing so assumed they'd rotted. The bed was then neglected and had a wonderful crop of weeds.
So.... inspired by the works of Charles Dowding I set about making a no dig bed. I strummed the weeds, layer cardboard and topped with a layer of compost and manure - that was at the beginning of September. Today - 9th December, there are pretty much no weeds still but the bulbs are growing! Hoorah! All is not lost! Or is it? It's only December, too early for them to grow maybe? Who knows?!
