Happy holidays to you! As I write this, nature is in that transition time when flowers and trees go to sleep for the winter, with leaves, seeds and nuts falling to the ground, and the latter waiting to emerge in the spring. CWC, like nature, is finishing one season of activity and now planting ...

Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air and relatively low light conditions to offer intense aroma and flavor. And it should be a ...

With the colder temperatures and snowfall arriving, it’s a good time to talk about salt deicers and frozen dog poo…two environmental issues that deserve some attention during wintertime here in western New York. Salt and bagged deicers do an amazing job of melting ice and preventing ...

Where do wood turtles go when no one is watching? Biologist Sara Crayton started radio-tracking these elusive turtles to find out. At Audubon Community Nature Center’s First Friday on Dec. 3, area residents can join the West Virginia University PhD student in “Following Wood ...

There are some trees whose showiness does not end once they’ve lost their leaves in autumn. Some trees have an attractive bony framework that is then revealed. Ginkgo tree, for instance. Leafless, a ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) tree, soft and green in summer, appears as if each main limb knows ...

As Thanksgiving approaches, we find ourselves paying a little more attention to the things we are thankful for. I’m thankful for a lot of things, one being all the people who appreciate the beauty of our county and who have dedicated their time to help keep it that way. CWC, CCS&W, ...