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Tag: Groundhog Day

Farm and Table

NATURE’S TURN: Flowers and forage for mid-winter holidays

Forsythia, and many other woody stems. their winter buds fully formed, can be “forced” to flower any time after they have undergone freezing weather

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on January 27, 2020
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Groundhog, Lion, Valentine and Venus

As societies lose their relationship to nature, the Sun is the “the elephant in the room” during seasonal festivals.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on February 4, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Longer days, brightest stars, morning planets, supermoon lunar eclipse the 31st

Recent daytime skies have reflected bracing ice blues over frozen landscapes and, alternately, soft vernal overtones during thaws. As the Sun arcs higher in the sky, we feel the pull toward spring.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on January 22, 2018

NATURE’S TURN: Winter to spring – look back, leap ahead

In the absence of protective and nourishing snow and sustained freezing weather, it seems arbitrary to proceed as if there’s been winter and to accept that we are halfway to spring.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on February 1, 2016

NATURE’S TURN: Halfway to spring; Wild and domestic pleasures

Forcing plants to awake from winter dormancy well before their season is a wonderful experiment at home and in educational settings.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on February 2, 2015
Viewpoints

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

The poodles with attitude get ready for Groundhog Day.

by Robert Ayers
Posted on January 31, 2015
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