my wife said that she was going to plant them this week... four weeks ago! So, I guess I'm going to plant them... or they won't get planted again...

Lol, those poor bulbs....
I wouldn't want to be a bulb in your house, that's for sure - hahaha

So, you bought a blackberry bush WITHOUT thorns, but the new shoots did grow thorns??? What a rip off!!

And the bike shed.... it would be cool to have things growing on top of it...