Here are some extra tips .
To keep squirrels from enjoying your tulips over the winter, you can sprinkle bloodmeal, moonblood, human or cat hair or urine around the bulbs, or you can cover them with wire mesh and remove it when they sprout.
Mixing the varieties of bulbs you plant will give a longer period of blooming, because each bulb has its own timing. Place anywhere you'd like spring color where you don't mow, like around the base of trees, borders, asparagus beds, or along the sides of buildings.
If you'd like blooms even earlier, you can ‘force' any type of bulbs to grow by starting them inside. However every bulb except narcissus and amaryllis needs a chilling period.
So start by putting your tulip, crocus, or daffodil bulbs in a plastic bag with holes in your refrigerator in a different drawer than that with fruit. Or you can pot them and keep them somewhere that's 35-48 degrees. Because you can't let them freeze, or get too warm, a refrigerator seems the easiest. IN 12 Weeks, remove them from the cooler and pot them in soil with their pointy ends up and exposed a bit. Keep the soil moist, and if you'd like to keep the bulb and plant it outside for future years it's a good idea to fertilize with a 5-10-5 type solution on occasion. Move to a 50-60 degree spot for a week to ‘draw' the flowers out of the bulbs. Once flowering, move them to a cooler spot at night to prolong the blooms. Imagine the sweet fragrance of hyacinth and tender beauty of tulip blessing your inside spaces while you patiently wait for the warmth of spring. Perhaps you'll start extras for gifts for friends or to take to the office!