Hallson Gardens

the southern ultra-light led migration of the 2005 cohort was completed december 13th when 19 juvenile whooping cranes landed in marion county florida. this is a new destination for the birds. they hope to move them to chassahowitzka national wildlife refuge in about 1 month when the adult whooping ...

the cranes flew 90 plus miles today and are in gilchrist county florida. weather permitting, they'll make their last flight tomorrow.
phloxywis

the pilots had a rough day today. the cranes did not want to battle the winds. they all were in flight--and 7 advanced to the next stop in cook co. ga.----but 12 turned around and went back to the starting point in terrell co. ga. with the next flight, they plan to bring the 12 stragglers to cook co...

the cranes skipped a stop today and flew 97 miles--total accumulated miles 957.4. they are now in terrell county, georgia. florida is in sight.
phloxywis

today the cranes had good tailwinds and flew 101 miles---skipping 1 stop. they are now in pike county, georgia. total accumulated miles 860.4 miles.
phloxywis

hooray!! the cranes have advanced and are now in georgia! there were many difficulties yesterday, but they were able to move on and are now in gordon county.
phloxywis

the cranes flew 47.7 miles today and are now at Hiwassee Refuge in Miegs Co., Tn. today was perhaps the most difficult day of the trip as they had to climb to over 2,500 feet to clear the Cumberland Ridge, part of the appalachian mountains. next stop georgia!
phloxywis

because they had a good tailwind today, the cranes were able to skip over the next scheduled stop in kentucky and are now in cumberland county tennessee. they arrived in poor weather, but all cranes and personel landed safely. they flew 116.3 miles today. total miles flown are 644.4. they are almost...

the cranes finally had good flying weather and are now in shelby county, kentucky. they had a lot of down-time in indiana due to poor weather conditions and also lost 1 crane.

phloxywis

thanks everyone. this site is also interesting in the spring when the cranes fly their northern migration. today they flew 55.2 miles and are now around indianapolis and in morgan county, indiana. total miles flown--393.1.
www.operationmigration.org
phloxywis

i think i will try it. i'll probably store them with some dahlia tubers/rhizomes---whatever.
phloxywis

the cranes flew 49.1 miles today and are now in boone county, indiana. 337.9 total miles so far.
phloxywis

this spring i purchased some type of a sweet potato or potato vine (solid chartreuse color) for a planter. since our frost, the foliage has now died. when i cleaned out the pot i found some potato tubers. is there some way i can store these over winter so i can plant them in the spring? phloxywis

the class of 2005 (20 young birds) raised in wisconsin, is on its way to florida. they are being led by ultra-lights. today they crossed the illinois-indiana state line and are in benton county, indiana. to follow their progress go to www.operationmigration.org click on "in the field" or "field jour...

i don't know how to edit the previous post----i found the tag for the rhodie--it's nova zembia.
phloxywis

i planted a new rhodie last year about may 30th( i don't remember the name)--it's sort of a fuchsia/pink color. it was blossoming when we planted it. we had a harsh winter and a lot of it's leaves turned brown and curled up. this year it never blosssomed. i have treated it several times this year wi...

regarding comet--i'm wondering about the same thing. do you dig out the rhizomes and sprinkle? or leave them in place and sprinkle? trim off the foliage first? i'd sure hate to lose all these hostas. your help is appreciated.
phloxywis

help :( help :( last year i planted a bunch of irises in a new bed. it was late in the year, probably late september or october. i trimmed out tunnels and soft spots (found 1 borer :eek: ) and soaked the rhizomes in a bleach solution. let them dry and then planted them. there was hardly any foliage ...

it does seem like it was just a short time ago that they were heading south. probably because they didn't get to florida until december. i hope i get to see them this year in the wild. if you go to the neceedah refuge and are lucky, you can see ( with binoclulars) white spots a few miles away. but i...

now i see it--very nice. we 're having computer problems again. phloxywis