Tulips Announce the Spring Weather

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I have always thought of tulips as being the official announcer letting us know that spring is here. Typically that is their job. I have always loved to see the beautiful green of the leaves poking their heads up through the cold ground. At least that's how it was when I was living up north. Of course I was never able to grow them. Oh, I tried several times but always was disappointed. I never understood why until one day a neighbor clued me in. She finally told me one day that she would see me planting the tulip bulbs one day and the next day she would see the squirrels happily digging them up and running away with them in their mouth. Talk about dumb. It never occurred to me that they were being kidnapped by the squirrels. I still love tulip but I don't try to grow them. Occasionally I will buy some and put them in a vase and enjoy them but I have given up on trying to keep the squirrels away. By the way, did you now that another favorite snack for squirrels is Ornamental Cabbage?