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Category Archives: Planting Tulip bulbs
Christmas Tulips
Twas the day before Christmas and all through the yard We were setting out bulbs ere the ground got too hard When from down on my knees I saw, slowing en route, A rosy-cheeked elf in a natty red suit … Continue reading
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