botany

PIES: “I’m almost out of frozen rhubarb, so luckily the new crop is up,” Clyde Johnson writes. “You can’t beat strawberry rhubarb pie. I usually add c...

The McKean County Conservation District celebrated Arbor Day by sponsoring the “My Growing Tree” program with the assistance of Eric Monger, Service F...

With garden season right around the corner, a number of local people decided to gather at Graham’s Greenhouse Thursday for a Garden Talk class offered...

MOON: Tonight is April’s Full Pink Moon. But it isn’t pink. It is named after a flower, the pink phlox.Today’s full moon is what’s known as the Pascha...

MATH : We’re word folks here at The Era, and don’t find ourselves faced with questions like these very often — thankfully! We got this message Wednesd...

Earth Day serves as an annual reminder that the rural beauty of this region is not something to take for granted. It takes effort on the part of those...

These four tall poplar trees on the John Chesebro property on Route 46 in Coleville were uprooted Sunday night when high winds and heavy rain swept th...

WARREN — The USDA Forest Service is planning prescribed burns during the months of April and May. Currently the Allegheny National Forest is planning ...

DUKE CENTER — The Otto Township Cemetery Committee is currently seeking legal counsel, a land surveyor, and a tree trimming specialist as it proceeds ...

I have a friend who made a good shot on a buck in archery season a few years ago. He was hunting in the woods not far from his home and he was pretty ...

Sunday morning while driving to church a wonderful euphoria filled my soul to overflowing. As I looked upward the sky was without blemish, a bright bl...

Gardeners and outdoor enthusiasts will be able to do everything from learn how to start a basic garden to examine and photograph their own plants unde...

It might be difficult to think about green ground when all Bradford residents have been seeing lately is white ground, but local master gardener Bob H...

Futures Rehabilitation Center in Bradford will serve as the host site for the annual “Celebrating Abilities!!!” event from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Marc...

Invasive plants easily adapt to changes in the environment, including those factors influenced by changing weather and climate patterns. In fact, non-...

It seemed simple enough; remove dead limbs and unnecessary growth from a once productive apple tree. By doing so, the tree would be able to direct its...

(Editor’s note: This is the third in a week-long series of stories marking National Invasive Species Awareness week in conjunction with the McKean Cou...

With the hullabaloo about invasive plants, we may wonder how bad are they and why we should worry? Are plants just plants? Natural ecosystems evolved ...

Invasive species are a national ecological threat to the outdoor places we love; from our backyards to where we hike, camp, fish, hunt, and enjoy. Feb...

Winter is upon us. For a while it was almost like the winter that wasn’t, but all that has changed in the last couple of weeks. Colder temperatures, f...