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September 11, 2026

These bulbs have evolved to avoid being eaten. You can take advantage of that

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Associated Press

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If you want to protect your spring garden from hungry animals, choose bulbs they don’t like.

There's little worse in a gardener's mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks to every four-legged freeloader within chewing distance.


 
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