Disclaimer: I am a terrible gardener. There was a time when I could boast a green thumb but those days seem to have disappeared and now the best thing for me to grow are air plants.
And things that require little fussing over.
Like bulbs:

One thing I've loved to do for years is forcing bulbs for winter blooms. Especially when I lived in the snow and even now, here, where there is not so much snow but things are still very very dormant for months. Forcing byacinth, muscari and paperwhites brings much needed color and fresh scent to a house that has been sealed against the wind and cold.
Then I plop them into the beds around the house so they'll bloom again outside in future years.

I've had great luck with the muscari and the hyacinth. The paperwhites come up green but I haven't seen them bloom again yet. I still like them and force them but these days I move them out of the kitchen window the minute they begin to bloom. The scent of paperwhites clashes with food but they are great in a bedroom or bathroom or the living room.

We have other garden things that don't need much but water and sunlight to produce a great show in spring, like the violets under the wisteria. They came with the house and I'm sold on them. They form a really nice, low ground cover that effectively competes with weeds and for months they will produce these purple blooms.

Not super showy but they look great with the daffodils that bloom on the edge of this bed.

Next will be the iris and the wisteria itself, which is a show that I will dearly miss when we leave here.
And then, there are the fruit trees. We've been planting a tree a year and even as little tiny trees they have not disappointed us with flowers.

The little... um ... er... we've both forgotten what this little guy is! But it has some purty blooms, right? And it is so little we haven't seen any fruit from it yet.

The first tree we planted, an asian pear tree, is doing great and we have enjoyed fruit from it every year.

Of course, it may snow this weekend which will threaten the fruit for this summer.
It always seems to snow while the fruit trees are blooming.

This peach tree is old and our first year here we had to cut it back drastically - it had some kind of borer and we didn't know if it'd make it. Every year it has looked better and this year it is full of blooms.
And bees. All the fruit trees are full of happy bees.

The cherry tree hasn't bloomed out yet and it is the newest addition. Of course, we will not enjoy the fruit from these trees this year and will have to start all over when we find our next home.
Perhaps one day my green thumb will return to me, but for now there are too many other things demanding my attention. A lovely little mare, a grouchy mustang, a needy and lonely labrador, and all the projects I have lined up. There just aren't enough hours in the day.