No time on regular days? Want to be a gardener? Try one of six easy bulb gardening things to do over Thanksgiving. All are great projects with children. Buy on-line from local bulb farms, right now. And get other supplies from the grocery store!

Two Carolina family-run bulb farms are offering special discounts for simple Thanksgiving day projects. National garden media often says bulb planting time is coming to a close. But in the South, its just starting. I plant all bulbs right into January. But the warm November days are a great time. Order a few things now, to have on hand for a fun Thanksgiving weekend project.

Thanksgiving Garden Tasks: Order lily bulbs

Giant Crinum Lily bulbs live for decades. Easy-care, truly sustainable plants make tall pink flowers next Summer. Plant them now.

Order from the clearance sale at Terra Ceia Bulbs

This 3rd generation bulb farm in North Carolina has some great end of season clearance bulbs. My favorite is the only Crocus that will sort of colonize in the South, Crocus tomissinianus. These make great Christmas gifts!

Seed in flax seed over your garden bulbs this Thanksgiving

Buy untreated, uncooked organic flax seed in the healthy section of your grocery store. Sow flax seed over your bulbs. For more information download a cool how to garden from the grocery store at www.plantsfoodbody.com

Water in with a liquid fertilizer, or make your own

Save coffee grounds and salad trimmings in a bucket. Add about a gallon of filtered water. Soak over night or for a few nights. Then, squish down, then squeeze all the water out of the veggies and the remaining liquid is your fertilizer. To make it a little better, add two tablespoons of Epsom salts, or 2 tablespoons of Molasses– you can get at the grocery for less than $3.

Buy and plant elephant garlic from your grocery produce section

Download a cool handout of projects designed to help children understand that food and plants are the same things. Stuff at the grocery store grows!

Seed in mizuna or lettuce seed over your bulbs

Yes, you can seed lettuce, mizuna, even parseley and most mustards right now, even on a cold day!