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"See how easy that is...once you have the right tools," said Dave Jackson.

Or if you have Dave Jackson plant your spring bulbs for you.

First you have to have spring bulbs to plant.

Dave tells me if you kept last year's spring bulbs in too warm of a place last summer, chances are they probably ended up like mine, dead.

"It's lightweight, and when you give it a pinch, it's hollow and pithy. See, so this is no good," said Jackson.

I salvaged a few to pop up next year.

First we start by planting the daffodil bulbs.

"Down to the ten, lift the soil out, put the bulb in; put the soil back in," said Jackson

When Dave says "ten," he means ten centimeters, about five to six inches deep.

I like to use a pot to grow my spring bulbs, but I had to first remove my summer plants. To my surprise, they can still be salvaged.

Don't forget to get your soil good and worked up; and, if your soil is two years old, put it in your compost pile and start from fresh. I was lucky my soil was new.

Just when I thought we were done, Dave started bringing flowers out.

"They have done some great breeding on pansies in the last ten years to make them more tolerant to the cold temperatures," said Jackson.

So don't let your green thumb get numb this winter, grow some pansies, too.

And just because its winter, here is something not to forget.

"It will need to be watered, depending on the outdoors, and depending on the conditions; whether you have it setting in the sun or the shade; how much sun or shade, you are going to need to water it between once a week and once a month," said Jackson.

If you want to be the envy of the neighborhood and have spring flowers one month in advance, bring your pot inside in late February. Put the pot in a window-lit spot.

By early April, you should have blooming flowers.