She'd take cuttings and root them,
force bulbs so that she could have
spring any time of year she liked.
Born in Ice
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Bring spring indoors early for winter color and fragrance
After all the Christmas decorations are packed away the
house looks drab. So instead of letting the winter blues kick in, we make our
rooms warm and inviting with flowers. We force the usual amaryllis,
paperwhites, and tulip bulbs, but we also force branches into bloom to add even
more color and fragrance to our suddenly quiet home. It is very satisfying to
sit in our breakfast room early in the morning and observe the daily progress
of forsythia buds as they swell and burst open. We cannot think of a more
economical way to raise our spirits.
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“My mom goes for tulips.
She—what do you call it—
forces the bulbs in little glass jars
every winter.”
Heaven and Earth