Merry Christmas, everyone!

I just returned to my papa's house (a couple of months after mass planting tulips in his back yard) only to discover that a row of these babies are rearing their little green heads already! (It's this terrible, mild winter, I take it!) Whatever shall I do???

My dad has layered more mulch on top of the bulbs, in the hopes of saving them from the oncoming frost-- will that help? Any other last minute advice?

(Are other people having this problem too? Or was I perhaps overzealous with the fertilizer at planting time...?) This is the first year I've dug a hole in the ground-- let alone planted tulips-- so your wisdom would be most helpful to me!

Have a lovely christmas day, and a great new year!

yours truly,

your friendly neighborhood garden dwarf