Fairfield, IL Journey North Tulip Garden-Spring 2006
Teacher Gayle McGehee and 3rd grad students from Northside Elementary sondered if they would ever see their tulips bloom this spring.
"We couldn't believe it, but our tulips did bloom. First of all we were worried about the weather. We had ice and snow flurries after our tulips begin to bud. Next, some had been chomped on. Entire buds and stems disappeared. We suspect from the footprints in the tulip bed that they had been eaten by deer, which stay in the woods close to our habitat. We think they might have eaten them because there was no corn in their feeder that we usually fill and the flowers were a lovely green."
 |
 |
 |
First, ice and snow - then a hungry
animal! |
||
But
they got a reward --- |
||
 |
 |
 |
---a
DOUBLE tulip! ("We thought the blooms were awesome!") |
||
Copyright
1997-2006 Journey North. All Rights Reserved.
Please send all questions, comments, and suggestions to our
feedback form
