Tulip
Garden Update: March 31, 2006
Spring seems to have arrived a bit later for a garden in MA - a few weeks behind other years. While many gardens are already celebrating their bloom a few are waiting for the first sign of spring. What about your garden?
Make your own map or print ours. Botany Lesson: Looking for Tulip Parts
As you observe closely and label your drawing think how you would answer this:
To respond to this question, please follow these instructions. Focusing with O’Keeffe on the Details
Each year as spring advances, we are drawn to its wonder and beauty. Use this art lesson and take a moment to focus on the beauty of springtime in the natural world.
Digging into a Decade of Data! This week we received the 10th report in 10 years from gardener Holly Cerullo, a retired teacher in Chelmsford, MA: “ 03/24/06 - This is the latest that my tulips have ever emerged. It doesn't seem to make sense to me, since our temperatures have been normal to above normal. The climatologists say that we have had above average amounts of snow. However, the snow did not stay on the ground for long. Since snow is an insulator, maybe the ground was colder, longer.” There are 10 years of data we can study for Cerullo's garden. Here are her emergence dates:
To respond to this question, please follow these instructions. Discussing CQ#6: Puzzler: How fast did the tallest bulbs grow? Learn How they solved the challenge and more: Spotlight on YOUR Gardens How is tulip emergence like “ice out” for NY gardeners? Who’s eating the garden in MD? What happens when the sun finally comes out in CA? And, did you know that there is purple inside a tulip flower? Gardeners share their interesting comments as they reported in this past week: The Next Tulip Garden Update Will Be Posted onApril 7, 2006. Copyright
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