We’ve all got our favorite signs of the changing seasons: first trillium, first crocus, first evening peeper chorus, first gelatinous mass of frogs’ eggs in a vernal pool. One of mine is the sensation ...

What writer doesn’t love finding an email in the inbox with the words “article idea” in the subject line? Of course, it depends on the source, but when the idea is from a trusted friend with a great ...

Mike Lunsford Special to the Tribune-Star Mar 24, 2025 Mar 24, 2025 Among the first green things we see as the winter gives way to a new season is a tiny wildflower called “Harbinger of Spring.” I ...

After a long, dark winter, the appearance of early spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils are a welcome, colorful harbinger of spring. If you want to look forward to a garden full of yellow, pink, ...

Birders and non-birders alike love the Northern Cardinal. The singing of the male cardinal is a sure harbinger of early spring. To many birders, the cardinal has taken the mantle of announcing spring ...

Did you ever see a field of crocuses? There’s only one logical explanation for that marvelous display, and it’s based on Greek mythology. Before recorded time, when Zeus, god of the sky and king of ...

POUND RIDGE, N.Y. -- Some gardeners snub forsythia as too common, but its golden effulgence in early spring taunts them. It seems to be saying, ``What else is there around?'' The profusion of yellow ...

San Diego has a new city flower for the first time in 61 years. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with blue-eyed grass, a native flower that can be found ...

You know it’s spring in tidewater Maryland when, along with forsythia, blooming cherry trees and butter-colored daffodils, the American shad — Alosa sapidissima — course up the Chesapeake Bay from ...

Daffodils are the great, joyful harbingers of spring. They are among the earliest and brightest of flowers to bloom and will continue for a full month or more. Many are fragrant, and all are good for ...