Nearly 650,000 tulip bulbs shipped from the Netherlands to Holland are inspected by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) for pests and diseases before planting.

In Holland, growers use 12-10-18, spring and fall. One organic bulb fertilizer is 5-10-20. Burpee's Bulb Booster is 9-9-6. Also mentioned is cricket excrement, 5-10-12. Indeed - but who collects it?

Tricia Granquist, from Holland America Bulb Farms, stopped by to invited us all to the Woodland Tulip Festival -- kicking off this weekend -- in Woodland Washington. She also showed us all the ...

In the 1600s the price of tulip bulbs in Holland soared. A single bulb could cost more than a house and in some cases tulip bulbs were used as a form of currency.