Rain adds to joy blooming at Tulip Town
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April 18, 2018
TULIPS LOVE THE RAIN – Wettest April ever in the Skagit? The WSU Mount Vernon Extension weather station reports 16 rain days totaling over four inches through the 17th. Over 45 percent of that amount has fallen since you last opened a copy of the Weekly News. – Photo courtesy of Tulip Town
Thousands of people of all ages visit Tulip Town every day. By 11 a.m. on a cold, blustery and rainy Monday morning this week the parking lot was filling up and hundreds of people were touring the tulip fields behind Tulip Town farm on Bradshaw Road. Tom and Jeanette DeGoede have 22 acres planted this year, their 58th year of governing Tulip Town.
This day Jeanette DeGoede paid special attention to 106 second graders visiting from Mount Vernon’s Little Mountain School. Her very personal tour through the indoor display area offered more information than they could possibly remember. They p...
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