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Relishing tulips and the tulip poplar

The Dutch have always been the quintessential growers of tulips — more than a billion a year.

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Who are you calling a parasite?

Got ants in your plants? Well, maybe it isn’t such a bad thing. Could be, it’s all part ...

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‘Exceptional Waterway’ along Route 17

Leaving Carrollton on Route 17, just before you cross the James River Bridge going toward Newport News, is ...

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Carpenter bees and locusts — oh my!

Ah, May! One of the two best months in Tidewater, the other being October.

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Sunrise in three parts

“Good morning.” “Guten Morgen.” “Buon giorno.” “Bon matin.”

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Is it spring, or is it not?

The experts are SO confused! Does spring start with the spring equinox and run until the summer solstice?

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‘Thrilled’ by the sights of spring

As we drive and walk through Western Tidewater, preparing ourselves for the first of April, we see such ...

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Recycling expands to fishing line

Mankind is rapidly trashing the oceans, lakes, rivers and swamps of the world with plastic — to the ...

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Fresh food — really fresh!

It was 26 degrees this morning — not gardening weather. Yet a neighbor keeps getting fresh lettuce (really ...

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The birds are back in town

The party animals are back, that raucous group that shows up about this time each year, storming the ...

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