Sometimes, no matter how much planning, things don’t go according to plan.
Which is why I found myself with 1,000 rain lily bulbs in my basement.
They were purchased as a fundraiser, to be sold at our Master Gardener home gardening conference. The event had to be postponed to 2024—but the bulbs won’t keep.
So, on April 2, Chris and Yvonne came to my place with a plan. We’d sort the bulbs in white lunch bags (for Zephyranthes candida, white rain lilies) and brown lunch bags (for Zephyranthes robustus, pink rain lilies), 10 bulbs to a bag.
Simple enough—until we got to the details. We had to punch holes in the bags for ventilation. Then punch holes on top for the ribbon, pink or white, and punch holes in the growing instructions so they could be tied onto each bag.
Almost two hours later, at quitting time, we still had more bags to go. Our workspace looked like the aftermath of a New Year’s Eve party—confetti paper dots all over! Yvonne had to run. Chris volunteered to finish up tying bows on bags at her house. And I assured them my vacuum cleaner would take care of the mess. Such optimism.
Chris finished the last batch while watching the Iowa-LSU women’s basketball final. Yay!
But the “work” went on. For a week “dot spotting” continued via texting. On Yvonne’s car floor mat. On my front deck. In Yvonne’s bedroom. In Sandy’s dog food bowl. Chris calls them our rain lily blessings. Amen. Laurie Lynch
The Last Hoop: We’ll be selling the bagged bulbs at our April MG meeting and our MG Plant Sale May 20. And look what beauties they will grow into.
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