Gutter cleaning is a timing job. Do it in early October and the maples finish the week after. Leave it...

Water expands by about nine percent when it freezes, and it does not care whether it is in a lake...

Tulips and daffodils want a cold winter in the ground and a cool, moist autumn to grow roots first. That...

The first frost is a warning. The first hard freeze is the event. When the thermometer settles at 28F or...

A beach where shark teeth wash out of ancient cliffs. A Connecticut floor covered with dinosaur footprints. A 150-million-year-old wall...

A cozy supper ends. Someone starts telling a story about a rider seen on the road after dark. By the...

Standing in the Halloween candy aisle has gotten a little painful. Those enormous variety bags disappear fast once the doorbell...

Have deer suddenly started showing up everywhere? Maybe there’s a buck standing beside the road on your morning commute. A...

If you’ve ever seen a cranberry harvest, you might assume the berries spend their whole lives floating in water. They...

The New Moon arrives Saturday, October 10, giving stargazers darker nights through the weekend. There’s also a chance of elevated...