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Of death and lovers’ kisses

Mistletoes are parasitic plants that attach to the bark or branches of host trees. They have smooth oval ...

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Mast crops down, deer crop up

Last year, the Virginia Department of Forestry put out a request to volunteers to collect and submit black ...

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‘Tis the season to get involved

The citizens of Suffolk are as well informed, innovative and persistent as any community in the Hampton Roads ...

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Fresh shrimp: Get ‘em while you can

Americans love shrimp. They comprise 25 percent of all seafood sales in the USA — 4.1 pounds per ...

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Take time to be thankful for nature

As is our custom, we share a poem with you for this time of Thanksgiving.

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Woolly bears and burrowing moles — oh my!

We saw a woolly bear caterpillar while walking the other day. As we all know (learned at Granddaddy’s ...

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Get up and get out

It has started already. The kids are still sticky with Halloween candy, and the retailers are shouting that ...

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The old dog and the swamp

George Washington surveyed the Great Dismal Swamp, created a “Dismal Town,” and caused a ditch and road to ...

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Your yard could be a wildlife habitat

I hate status seekers — most of them — and even “do-gooders.”

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Charlotte’s not the only spider that writes

Fall is the time for spiders and spider webs. No species is more striking in its web or ...

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