There it was, though-the empty lot, complete with snow-covered two- rut road diving straight into the black heart of an overgrown woods.

The ranch hands drive as close to the tree as possible, until the overgrown woods block our path.

Residents of the homes that line one street now look out on overgrown woods sloping down a steep hill behind Lincoln High School.

She crept from the thicket and I followed, stepping free of the prickly branches to discover that we stood on the edge of an overgrown wood.

Beyond the grass was a chunk of overgrown woods filled with refuse.

His fears intensify when the dismembered skeletal remains of another lost boy are found in the thickets of an overgrown wood.

Instead he ran with all his might toward the rear of the yard, toward the overgrown woods.

As they drove ahead through overgrown woods, the elderly Southerner spoke proudly of Fort Senandaga's history.

But with a fight brewing in Congress, environmentalists say overgrown fire-prone woods should not be used as an excuse to let loggers run amok.

The overgrown woods and gardens will therefore be planted up with flowers and shrubs that encourage birds, bees and butterflies.