Here's a good reason to save wine corks.  Use them as markers in the garden to designate where you might want to plant your bulbs.  I use a magic marker to write down the first initial -- say "T" for tulip or "D" for daffodil and then just push it into the soil.  Visually, it helps me  plan the seasons in my flower bed where I have a lot of annuals and perennials growing side-by-side.

Millie Christie

Putting steel wool around bulbs, such as tulips, keeps squirrels from eating the bulbs and also provides iron to the soil, producing more bulbs for next year.

Charles

If you are like me and hate to pull up flowers that have passed their peak blooming stage but still have a bloom or two left, I have a less painful remedy. When a plant like a tulip, or say pansy, is in full bloom I always plant another type of plant from seed alongside it, that way when the first plant is finished its max blooming another is ready to take its place without the flowerbed looking ratty, and the first plant can die in peace or go dormant.

Susan Huffman

One of the greatest challenges for gardening in northern Wisconsin is the whitetail deer!  We love to watch them daily ~ but they are supreme browsers!  And chipmunks are a close second ~ especially for spring bulb plants like tulips.  One of my best gardening tips is to plant a ring of daffodils around a clump of tulip bulbs!  Because none of the animals have anything to do with daffodils, there are hundreds of bright yellow daffodils naturalizing the edges of our lawn and wooded areas as well as acting as "guardians" for the more "delectable" bulbs such as tulips!

The Learman Zoo