How to save what's left of my bulbs?

I posted this in the bulbs forum and no one is seeing it. So I'm posting it here also.

I am so frustrated.

First it was the rains that evidently rotted my Ranunculus Tecolote bulbs and I can't remember what else I had planted that it rotted, I have several bare spots that never came up and I had my bed planted to the last inch.

While it rained, the rabbits continued to feed on what did come up, all bulbs that I paid money for, they haven't touched the annuals of course. I had planned on getting some liquid fence, but it kept raining so that was pointless.

To top it all off, the soil that we bought for this new bed has NO nutrients in it. My DH insisted that the two loads of composted cottonseed hulls would give it plenty of nutrients. WRONG! The only lilies that the rabbits left alone came up in the middle of some potatoes (I thought I had planted beside them) and they only reached a total height of about 1 foot. Quite a few plants had a sickly yellow color until the rabbits decided they were good enough to eat too, which was another indicator that there simply wasn't enough nutrients in the soil.

Now it is so hot the bed is baking with no foliage to keep it cool. It was supposed to be a full sun bed. The only thing that looks great is the vinca and rock rose that I planted.

At this juncture..... since we need soil to fill in a large hole in the yard and some ruts that my husband made with the tractor while the ground was soggy, we are going to tear this bed down and use this useless soil for that purpose. We also have a problem with drainage in the yard that we will have to re-grade, using part of this soil. So the bed has to go.

How should I save my bulbs? Should I dig them out, brush them off and keep them in the fridge until it cools off? It's so hot outside that I really don't know that it will be a good idea to plant them again this year......especially since we don't have the rabbit problem taken care of yet.

I dug up one of the bulbs that looked dead from above the ground and it looked like it might be OK. I think I'd better do something soon or I will lose them all.

Another thing, I plan on doing some Lasagna gardening this fall. Is this a good idea for bulbs? I know that some bulbs prefer sandy soil but I don't know if they are all that way. I don't know much about bulbs so I'm coming to you professionals. ;-)

Thanks for any help I can get.
Sherri

i would dig up whatever bulbs that are there and store them, as appropriate to that bulb. lilies really need to go back into the ground or into containers until you can put them into the ground again. you have to be careful with lilies, they will rot if there is not enough drainage, but they like a loamy soil for nutrients. clay is an eventual death sentence. these bulbs never go truely dormant. if it was closer to winter and you wanted to store them, there is a post on the lily forum about that, but that doesn't help you now.
i don't know much about ranunculas and you don't mention what other bulbs you have. i would do a google search of each type of bulb that is in good shape and find out what is best to do with them. most bulbs can be stored for a short period of time in slightly damp peat moss and a bag.

hope this helped.
good luck to you.
debi z