There's no feeling quite so disappointing as spending time and effort carefully planting bulbs only to find they never come up because gophers, squirrels, and other rodents have got to them. Well, I'm avoiding the heartache this year by using wire planting baskets to get my bulbs in the ground safely and with ease.
It's one of those inventions I didn't know I needed for planting bulbs until I stumbled across it. Take a look at these Amazon wire planting baskets – their design is simple and their benefits expansive. It's essentially a steel mesh basket that you can pop your bulbs into and plant. It then acts as a guard from destructive pests and also makes lifting bulbs at the end of the season easier.
