Bugs of the Garden Series LbNA #41279
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 27, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Burlington |
| County: | Chittenden |
| State: | Vermont |
| Boxes: | 2 |
| Planted by: | 3 Girls  |
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| Found by: | ladybug47 (4) |
| Last found: | Sep 9, 2009 |
| Status: | FFFFFaFFFFFFFFFFFaa |
| Last edited: | Jun 27, 2008 |
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Welcome to the Ethan Allen Homestead, home of the Revolutionary War hero of the same name. "Bugs of the Garden Series" was created for our daughter's birthday party. There are 8 boxes to be found. Boxes 1-7 are microboxes and box #8 is the final box with the logbook in it. The stamps are store bought but the beauty of The Ethan Allen Homestead will make up for the fact they are not homemade. Ethan Allen Homestead is a place with lots of history and beautiful nature areas. The series is placed outside of the Ethan Allen Homestead grounds, but we recommend that you take advantage of their wonderful museum.
The outside of the Ethan Allen Homestead is maintained by the Winooski Valley Park District and consists of many trails and a picnic shelter. There are maps of the area available at the information board by the museum. This series is only available during the non snow covered months. Which in Vermont is July.....just kidding!
For more information on the Ethan Allen Homestead visit:
www.ethanallenhomestead.org
and for a great bird's eye view go to:
http://www.localmotion.org/trails/trail.php?trail=17
As you enter the Homestead grounds follow the road to the main parking area. You will pass the Community Gardens on your left. This is where the series starts.
Box #1 - CATERPILLAR Missing in action
Caterpillars are the larval stage of beautiful butterflies and moths. To find this caterpillar you will need to find a tree that is near the community gardens. You will have passed it on your left as you drove to the parking area. Look for the tree that has been there for a while. Look where the main trunk splits in two. If it is not there check around the tree. We have found it on the ground a few times. I think there might be a squirl who does not like it invading its space.
Box #2 - SPIDER
Spiders are predatory invertebrate animal that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. All spiders produce silk and spiders are found all over the world. To find this spider you must look for the entrance of the "Wetlands South Walk". Go down the stone staircase and stop where you can see "wood" going over both water and busy road. Where living and dead are intertwined – Where two different trees make one - Where ground and roots meet.
Box #3 - GROUND BEETLE Missing in action
Ground Beetles often have spectacular iridescent colorings. They consume great numbers of pests such as gypsy moths. Follow the Wetlands South Walk. As you follow the boardwalk you will see numbers from 1 to 8. Look between 5 and 6 and you will see a massive tree made of 4 trunks. Look in the trunk of the tree where an animal has made a hole. Please be advised that this letterbox has become a little extreme. The Wetlands South walk has become one with its name.... wet and a tree has fallen over the wooden walkway, so you have to climb over it to make it to the letterbox. please be careful and mind your step the wooden walkways are very slippery.
Box #4 - LADY BUG Missing in action
Ladybug beetles eat agricultural pests, especially aphids.
One female may lay as many as one thousand eggs.
Box #5 - BEES Missing in action
Honey Bees are very important as pollinators and honey producers. They have their own unique language, using complex dances and nectar scents to “talk” among themselves.
Near the Children’s Discovery Garden, where trees move in many different directions, as if they are doing a dance, you will see an opening between a wooden fence. Touch the right side of the fence opening post with your hand and sing the “Star Spangled Banner” Every fence post is one word of the song. To find the stamp sing until you get to “Stripes and……” Be gentle when looking for the stamp. It is hidden well, in the fence.
Box #6 - DRAGON FLY
Dragon flies eat flying insects including large numbers of mosquitoes. Find the enterance of the "Wetlands Walk North" (near the Children's Garden) Go up to the start of the stairs. Go down and up in the pattern given here:
+ means go down - means go up
+8 -3 +10 -2 +7 +6 -2 +15 +2 -15
Now look up and count up 6 steps. Around this step you will find your stamp. Sorry for the up and down, but this was done to tire out the birthday celebrants........
Box #7 - Ant and Logbook Missing in action
Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. More than 12,000 species are classified with upper estimates of about 14,000 species. Ants form colonies. These colonies are sometimes described as superorganisms because ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony. Ants dominate most ecosystems, and form 15–20% of the terrestrial animal biomass. Their success has been attributed to their social organisation, ability to modify their habitats, tap resources and defend themselves. Continue on the wooden boardwalk over the marsh of the "Wetland Walk North". Stand in the middle for a moment and enjoy the sounds of nature. Continue on even after the path turns to dirt. At the T-intersection take a left. On your left there will be a cluster of rocks, Face the rocks and climb approx three steps, under the crevice, where dirt and rock meet, your will find the ant and logbook. Please rehide well, this is the third logbook that has gone missing.
We hope you enjoyed the Bugs of the Garden Series. We are greatful to the Winooski Valley Park District for maintaining a wonderful area for our enjoyment. Please let us know what you thought of our attempt at placing letterboxes.
"3GIRLS"
Please check for updates on this letterbox at Atlasquest.com
Welcome to the Ethan Allen Homestead, home of the Revolutionary War hero of the same name. "Bugs of the Garden Series" was created for our daughter's birthday party. There are 8 boxes to be found. Boxes 1-7 are microboxes and box #8 is the final box with the logbook in it. The stamps are store bought but the beauty of The Ethan Allen Homestead will make up for the fact they are not homemade. Ethan Allen Homestead is a place with lots of history and beautiful nature areas. The series is placed outside of the Ethan Allen Homestead grounds, but we recommend that you take advantage of their wonderful museum.
The outside of the Ethan Allen Homestead is maintained by the Winooski Valley Park District and consists of many trails and a picnic shelter. There are maps of the area available at the information board by the museum. This series is only available during the non snow covered months. Which in Vermont is July.....just kidding!
For more information on the Ethan Allen Homestead visit:
www.ethanallenhomestead.org
and for a great bird's eye view go to:
http://www.localmotion.org/trails/trail.php?trail=17
As you enter the Homestead grounds follow the road to the main parking area. You will pass the Community Gardens on your left. This is where the series starts.
Box #1 - CATERPILLAR Missing in action
Caterpillars are the larval stage of beautiful butterflies and moths. To find this caterpillar you will need to find a tree that is near the community gardens. You will have passed it on your left as you drove to the parking area. Look for the tree that has been there for a while. Look where the main trunk splits in two. If it is not there check around the tree. We have found it on the ground a few times. I think there might be a squirl who does not like it invading its space.
Box #2 - SPIDER
Spiders are predatory invertebrate animal that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. All spiders produce silk and spiders are found all over the world. To find this spider you must look for the entrance of the "Wetlands South Walk". Go down the stone staircase and stop where you can see "wood" going over both water and busy road. Where living and dead are intertwined – Where two different trees make one - Where ground and roots meet.
Box #3 - GROUND BEETLE Missing in action
Ground Beetles often have spectacular iridescent colorings. They consume great numbers of pests such as gypsy moths. Follow the Wetlands South Walk. As you follow the boardwalk you will see numbers from 1 to 8. Look between 5 and 6 and you will see a massive tree made of 4 trunks. Look in the trunk of the tree where an animal has made a hole. Please be advised that this letterbox has become a little extreme. The Wetlands South walk has become one with its name.... wet and a tree has fallen over the wooden walkway, so you have to climb over it to make it to the letterbox. please be careful and mind your step the wooden walkways are very slippery.
Box #4 - LADY BUG Missing in action
Ladybug beetles eat agricultural pests, especially aphids.
One female may lay as many as one thousand eggs.
Box #5 - BEES Missing in action
Honey Bees are very important as pollinators and honey producers. They have their own unique language, using complex dances and nectar scents to “talk” among themselves.
Near the Children’s Discovery Garden, where trees move in many different directions, as if they are doing a dance, you will see an opening between a wooden fence. Touch the right side of the fence opening post with your hand and sing the “Star Spangled Banner” Every fence post is one word of the song. To find the stamp sing until you get to “Stripes and……” Be gentle when looking for the stamp. It is hidden well, in the fence.
Box #6 - DRAGON FLY
Dragon flies eat flying insects including large numbers of mosquitoes. Find the enterance of the "Wetlands Walk North" (near the Children's Garden) Go up to the start of the stairs. Go down and up in the pattern given here:
+ means go down - means go up
+8 -3 +10 -2 +7 +6 -2 +15 +2 -15
Now look up and count up 6 steps. Around this step you will find your stamp. Sorry for the up and down, but this was done to tire out the birthday celebrants........
Box #7 - Ant and Logbook Missing in action
Ants have colonised almost every landmass on Earth. More than 12,000 species are classified with upper estimates of about 14,000 species. Ants form colonies. These colonies are sometimes described as superorganisms because ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony. Ants dominate most ecosystems, and form 15–20% of the terrestrial animal biomass. Their success has been attributed to their social organisation, ability to modify their habitats, tap resources and defend themselves. Continue on the wooden boardwalk over the marsh of the "Wetland Walk North". Stand in the middle for a moment and enjoy the sounds of nature. Continue on even after the path turns to dirt. At the T-intersection take a left. On your left there will be a cluster of rocks, Face the rocks and climb approx three steps, under the crevice, where dirt and rock meet, your will find the ant and logbook. Please rehide well, this is the third logbook that has gone missing.
We hope you enjoyed the Bugs of the Garden Series. We are greatful to the Winooski Valley Park District for maintaining a wonderful area for our enjoyment. Please let us know what you thought of our attempt at placing letterboxes.
"3GIRLS"