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Vegetable seedlings and citrus plants appear in pots, jars and cans on a ledge inside a home Feb. 4 in Westchester County, N.Y.

Winter garden offers consolation

Vegetable seedlings and citrus plants appear in pots, jars and cans on a ledge inside a home Feb. 4 in Westchester County, N.Y.

February 13, 2021, 5:43am Life

Deep into this pandemic winter, it can be hard to remember what a refuge gardens were last spring and summer. Read story

Litter box liner has Valentine’s message

February 12, 2021, 6:02am Life

Talk about getting dumped. A Maine animal shelter is raising money by selling negative advertising at the bottom of litter boxes, where their cats will relieve themselves on the written names of people whose ex-lovers are looking for revenge. Read story

Potted herbs, from left, sage, chives, mint, rosemary and oregano.

Biggest plant trends of year, according to influencers

Potted herbs, from left, sage, chives, mint, rosemary and oregano.

February 6, 2021, 6:07am Life

First-time plant parents love low-maintenance pothos and sansevieria because they are easy, but what about fussy staples like orchids and fiddle-leaf figs? It should come as no surprise that many of the people who bonded with their houseplants while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic are now looking to… Read story

Nancy Buley leads a tour of J. Frank Schmidt &amp; Son wholesale nursery.

Many plants will be harder to find this year

Nancy Buley leads a tour of J. Frank Schmidt &amp; Son wholesale nursery.

February 6, 2021, 6:04am Life

A number of plants will be harder to find this year, because there simply aren’t as many of them. Read story

‘Latinx’ term growing in popularity, but not among all Latinos

February 5, 2021, 6:05am Life

Last summer, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, posed a question on Twitter: “Does it seem like non-Latinos use Latinx far more than actual Latinos?” Read story

FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Captain Sir Thomas Moore poses for the media after receiving his knighthood from Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth, during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021.

Capt. Tom Moore, WWII vet whose walk cheered U.K., dies at 100

FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Captain Sir Thomas Moore poses for the media after receiving his knighthood from Britain&#039;s Queen Elizabeth, during a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England. Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has died, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2021.

February 2, 2021, 3:21pm Life

Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for health care workers, has died after testing positive for COVID-19. He was 100. Read story

Bennett Konesni sings a sea shanty while raising a sail on his ketch, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Belfast, Maine. Konesni started singing sea shanties aboard a schooner in Penobscot Bay and has since traveled the world studying work songs. The app TikTok helped sea shanties surge into the mainstream. (AP Photo/Robert F.

Sea shanties are having a moment amid isolation of pandemic

Bennett Konesni sings a sea shanty while raising a sail on his ketch, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Belfast, Maine. Konesni started singing sea shanties aboard a schooner in Penobscot Bay and has since traveled the world studying work songs. The app TikTok helped sea shanties surge into the mainstream. (AP Photo/Robert F.

February 1, 2021, 6:00am Life

There once was a tune that tickled the Internet’s fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: Read story

Klootchy Creek County Park, found between Seaside and Cannon Beach on the north Oregon coast, is home to a dead Sitka spruce that was once the largest tree in Oregon.

Oregon’s largest tree now a magnificent stump on the Oregon coast

Klootchy Creek County Park, found between Seaside and Cannon Beach on the north Oregon coast, is home to a dead Sitka spruce that was once the largest tree in Oregon.

January 31, 2021, 4:30pm Life

Dead trees don’t usually make compelling roadside attractions, but the giant stump at Klootchy Creek is an exception. Read story

Eric and Tess from Pasadena, Calif., enter the Skylight Book store, decorated with a poster of American poet Amanda Gorman, in Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. California has lifted regional stay-at-home orders statewide in response to improving coronavirus conditions. Public health officials said Monday that the state will return to a system of county-by-county restrictions intended to stem the spread of the virus. Local officials could choose to continue stricter rules. The state is also lifting a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.

Interest grows in inaugural poet Gorman

Eric and Tess from Pasadena, Calif., enter the Skylight Book store, decorated with a poster of American poet Amanda Gorman, in Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. California has lifted regional stay-at-home orders statewide in response to improving coronavirus conditions. Public health officials said Monday that the state will return to a system of county-by-county restrictions intended to stem the spread of the virus. Local officials could choose to continue stricter rules. The state is also lifting a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.

January 31, 2021, 6:05am Life

Within hours of Amanda Gorman’s reading of the inaugural poem Jan. 20, bookstores were hearing from their customers. Read story

Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, center, gets feedback from soldiers about their concerns at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Following more than two dozen soldier deaths in 2020, including multiple homicides, the U.S. Army Base is facing an issue of distrust among soldiers.

Let down your hair: New Army rules for ponytails, nail color

Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, center, gets feedback from soldiers about their concerns at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Following more than two dozen soldier deaths in 2020, including multiple homicides, the U.S. Army Base is facing an issue of distrust among soldiers.

January 31, 2021, 6:00am Life

Female soldiers can let their hair down, and flash a little nail color under new rules being approved by the Army. But male soldiers will still have to shave. Read story