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Garden Observations :
Week Ending March 25, 2010
  • 03/24/10 Kingston, Ontario.
    (44.3 N, -76.47 W)
    We read a poem, 'Ode to Spring' by Walter Brooks today. It is sunny and 7 degrees Celsius. We were really hoping to see our tulips and FINALLY ... our tulips have emerged!!! At first the garden looked brown and dreary but upon closer inspection ... we found 15 shoots and four worms. We observed by looking at the entire garden and then 'zooming in' with our hand lenses. We wonder how long it will be until we see flowers
  • 03/23/10 Greenville, Maine.
    (45.5, -69.47)
    We've experienced a very warm spring. Half of the garden gets limited sun, so it remains covered by snow. The other half has three bulbs that have emerged and are about two inches tall.
  • 03/22/10 West St. Paul, Minnesota
    (44.92, -93.10)
    Spring has sprung! Tulips emerged over the weekend. Soil temp 44.2 F.
  • 03/22/10 Topeka, Kansas
    (39.04, -95.68)
    We planted our bulbs in pots because it was too muddy to plant in the outdoor garden soil. We set them on a cart in the classroom so they could receive sunlight. The soil is dry, but the leaves are moist with water dripping from the tips of the leaves.
  • 03/22/10 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
    (44.38, -64.32)
    The tulips we planted last year came up one week before our 2009 plantings. The old ones are 3 - 5 cm tall while this year’s are just pushing up the dirt. Now we are eager to see which bloom first.


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