To Dig or Not to Dig

For many years now I've tried to grow flowers at our apartment. Before I prepared the soil and planted them, there was nothing but weeds in their spot.

Since then, each spring my daffodils do pretty well. My orange lilies have been another story. Each summer it seems something happens to them. It usually involves an animal or the weather. But this last summer, for the first time they were going to reach full bloom. That is, until someone picked them all and left a desolate spot where my lovely flowers would have been.

So, now that we're moving, I'm wondering if I should dig up my bulbs or just let them be. When I planted them, I intended to keep them here. I liked the idea of leaving this place a little better than I found it.

Except now, Quadrangle (our landlord) has placed rocks on top of them, which they might have just grown through, but they also layered a weed-blocker mat over them, which I'm pretty sure will block my flowers from coming up at all. They will probably die if I do nothing.

I have a couple of options I suppose:

I could dig them up and store them over the winter to plant at our new house in spring.
I could dig them up and try to plant them right away at the new house.
I could remove the weed-blocker and let them stay.
I could do nothing and write them off.

There are a couple of other factors. Since I'm pregnant, I'm really not supposed to go around digging in the dirt too much, and I'm not sure where I would store them at the new place or how much energy I'm going to have for immediate planting. Also, I've never dug up bulbs, so I'm not 100% clear on how to do it. I might lose a few to the learning process. Additionally, since we don't have a lot of discretionary cash right now, it will probably be next fall before I can buy any replacement bulbs for the new place.

Anyway, I know it's a minor question, but still, I do care for these silly flowers.

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