Spring can be a bit of a tease in New Enland. We feel a few warm days and think, “Oh! It’s here!” and then winter creeps back in. We yearn for green grass and budding leaves, but have to search for ...

It’s still cold and snowy outside, but the calendar says it’s March, and I’ll take that. After the seemingly interminable brutal cold and wild winds of the past couple of months, I welcome any sign of ...

WHEN LONGING FOR spring and warmer weather, I watch for any sign that encourages me to believe things are improving. There’s no ignoring the birds who are equally eager for a change in the weather.

When the pandemic hit last spring, many people returned to (or started) gardening as a pastime. It provided an opportunity to be outside, to clear our heads and to get some exercise. Vegetable ...

I started a tray of cabbage and marigolds in February when Walmart first got bright with seed packets. Now I’m asking myself: Why did I do this, when I have nowhere to plant the seedlings? Maybe it ...

Winter-weary folks longing for spring might seek signs in everything from bird songs to early blooming flowers to migrating ducks bobbing through the clouds on warming winds. For Matthew McCort, it’s ...

Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, forsythia: I love these flowers because they signify change -- a change in the weather, a change in my energy level, and a change in what I do each day. My doors and ...

FARGO — Throughout the Dakotas and Minnesota, the average daily mean temperature during March is running about 7 degrees warmer than average. The average daily mean temperature is to split the ...

The last few days of unabated San Diego sunshine have me feeling particularly spring-ish even though we are technically in the dead of winter with spring still a month or so away. However, it did get ...