It's GOOPs day - the day I share one of my Gardening OOPs (GOOPs for short).  This months GOOPs is not an April Fool's tale … but I do admit to feeling rather foolish whenever I commit this garden rearranging faux pas.

I'm  pretty sure I'm not the only gardener who has senior moments, but I've made this GOOP more than once.  During fall I often transplant perennials to spots that need filling.  Unfortunately, I often find spring bulbs living in the very spot I planned to fill.  I some cases I get lucky and don't damage the bulbs, but over the years I've lost a fair share of bulbs to inadvertent slices of a shovel.  Every year I vow to remember where each clump of bulbs is … then I get busy and, by fall, I forget.  I also have a habit of moving spring bulbs around by the clump after they have finished blooming.  Again, I often forget I've done so.

I sound like a real scatter-brain, but I'm really just overly busy and often have too many fires going.

This year I'm using my digital camera to document where each and every bulb is planted  - and I'm doing so while they are in bloom.  Barring the help of the underground mammals that like to rearrange my crocus bulbs, I should have a good accounting of where clumps of bulbs reside and will be able to avoid surprises during fall transplant projects … at least as long as I take the time to properly label all my photos as I download them into their bulb location file on my computer.

So now it's your turn to fess up.  What GOOPs are you willing to confess?  Do share – just one please, you can GOOP again the first of next month – in a comment below or in a GOOPs Day post on your own blog, leaving a teaser and a link in a comment here.

Happy GOOPs Day – even April Fools welcome here!

Oh … and the narcissi in the photo to the right – just the start of many beautiful flower displays to come.  YEAH SPRING!