I'd like advice on irrigation of winter-growing bulbs during periods of cold weather. Here we've just had five or six days of sub-freezing temperatures. Beginning today, the temperatures are moderating and are expected to be a few degrees above freezing for at least one week. As I recently mentioned, I grow most of my bulbs in unheated frames, where the temperature rises a little during sunny days even when the ambient temperature is sub-freezing. (The frame light structures are vented at the bottom.) Today many of the pots (which are plunged to near the rims in sand) seemed to me to be less moist than they should be at this stage of the plants' growth, although there is a little moisture in the lower part of the soil, where the roots are. Should I water the plants now, even though they may be exposed to sub-freezing air temperatures at night? Or should I wait a few days until it begins to rain again -- meaning that it will not freeze at night, and the plants won't have bright sun on their foliage? Are they safer in circum-freezing temperatures when a little on the dry side, or when fully hydrated? Apologies to those who get this from both PBS and Alpine-L. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA