Hilda White has volunteered for 28 years at the University of Vermont's Pringle Herbarium, mounting over 50,000 plant specimens. The fern was discovered in a Colombian forest in 2023 by the ...

The chaos of Black Friday sales and awkward Thanksgiving dinner table topics are finally behind us. As Christmas approaches, communities are trading shopping bags for caroling books and a renewed ...

American holly is an iconic plant associated with winter holiday festivities. Following are questions I have received about its ecology and its connection to Christmas. Q. We experience a backyard ...

Here is this week’s letter to the editor of the Herald Times Reporter. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. Tis the season. Everyone knows Santa comes from the North ...

All kinds of nuts and dried fruit are popular at Christmas, but no nut is so popular as the macadamia. Some folks on the mainland think macadamia nut trees are native to Hawaii, but here we know it is ...

Today, with pleasure, old friends offered me an opportunity to gather boughs of holly. On the east side of the home of Dana and Roger Blankenship, the shrubs glistened with clusters of snow still ...

The Salisbury Jaycees Christmas Parade on Dec. 7 was a Holly Jolly Hoedown, drawing thousands of residents to watch the parade march down Mount Hermon Road and Main Street, ending near the Salisbury ...

Vintage Christmas ceramics are having a serious moment, with collectors shelling out real money for the right pieces. From tiny village houses to towering nutcrackers, certain holiday designs are now ...