In early December I noticed hazel bushes already with young budding catkins ready to burst forth. By early January, these will be splendid displays of yellow adorning hedges and woodland edge across ...

FOR me the third week of January will always be the middle of winter. The met office agrees with winter commencing 1st December and ...

The word catkin comes from a Dutch word that means kitten and it refers to the resemblance of a catkin to a cat's tail. Now is a good time to see catkins hanging from the bare branches of our native ...

Many trees in the woods are still bent over from the heavy and substantial snowfall that we received in December. Thanks to that and the following record-setting snowy winter, these trees, plus the ...

According to the calendar, we are in the month when spring begins. The almanac says that the vernal equinox this year is on March 20 at 7 p.m. But cold temperatures of early this month make spring ...

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