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i'm not sure why the other perennials, such as foxtail lilies, liatris, echinacea, blackberry lillies, only to mention a few, never did anything; i couldn't even find remnants of them in the bed; and i planted a good $200 worth of stuff!! it was my only big splurge ever!!

not exactly sure what you mean by pyramid. i did have some bulbs stacked in layers, so as to bloom after each other. there was a fair bit of snow on it most of the winter, and i did water it over the spring. but that could be a possibility. the pansies and petunias i planted in ther a month...

am trying to find a place to test it; but w/all the compost and old manure, which makes me think there was plenty of bulb food. the bulbs i planted were healthy, and even w/no bulb food should still grow. most everything in the box just quit growing...

i dug down, and it appears most of the cardboard has rotted away, and the soil down deep is fluffy and nice. i found a root of one of the perennials, and it is normal except for no feeder roots, and no growth. i can't even find most of the other perennials. the tulip bulbs are plump and...

hmmmm........good question. i've used cardboard before w/no problems, but that could be a possibility, i suppose........still, the lack of roots is bugging me........but you did raise a good point. the soil seemed to drain quite well, and it's about 8" deep but i w/try to see if the cardboard...

there were no herbicides used in any of this; i did the composting myself, and know where the the manure and sand came from, and none of these have been introduced by any herbicides, pesticides or chemicals. i can't figure out what's happened to the roots on the bulbs. the bulbs should have...

last year my husband built me a wooden planter (have used the same wood for planters before) . i put cardboard in the bottom to cover the grass, wet it copiously and filled it w/homemade compost (1/2), 1/4 sand and 1/4 very old composted manure from the feedlot. (it's 3'x10'x10"tall). i really...