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Journey South News will be posted on Fridays: Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 9, Dec. 7, Jan. 11 Journey South News Tulip Garden Update: September 14, 2001 It's time to dig in! Participate in proclaiming the arrival of spring in your community. Take the Annual Microclimate Challenge while selecting the perfect site to carry out your plant experiments. Organize your tulip project this year with a portfolio, and review some fall lessons available for this international plant project. Tulip Garden Update: October 12, 2001 The first gardens have been planted and students are eagerly expecting spring's arrival. Classrooms share their enthusiasm. "Oh, I was born too soon!" exclaimed one senior citizen volunteer as she participated in reporting on the Journey North Web site. Be sure to protect your healthy bulbs from hungry enemies! Tulip Garden Update: November 9, 2001 Lots of shovel action across the continent as we report 121 new gardens planted. Read about classes taking the Microclimate Challenge. Kids are asking, "What if?" and setting up their own planting experiments. Find out about BIG DADDY and look for a geographic pattern to the planting sequence unfolding on your data charts! Tulip Garden Update: December 7, 2001 Once again classes have been busy planting Red Emperors and we now have 264 gardens ready for this year's study! A special garden is planted in the Rockaway Peninsula that will bring hope with its springtime blossoms. What is all this warm fall weather doing to our tulips? Time to put on your thinking caps and predict when tulips will emerge in our Original 13 garden sites! Good luck! Copyright 2001 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our feedback form