My experience is the capacitors are the weak links in these devices maybe soldering connections are second. I guess we are stuck with LEDs now. Hard to build a “dim bulb tester” with LED bulbs. Also, ...

Bulbs can be dug and divided in summer or fall, too, but then it’s more likely you’ll accidentally slice into some of the bulbs since you’re not sure then where they might be buried.

It’s time to get back to gardening! Here is a list of bulbs, tubers and rhizomes to plant in late February. The information comes from the Sacramento Bulb Planting Schedule.