More than 20 volunteers gathered Sunday morning to plant 10 new trees across three parks in Oak Bluffs — Niantic, Nashawena and Viera.
Farm & Garden
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The little we had of winter seems to be over. Marie has a reseeded pansy blooming in her yard. There are a few daffodils flowering in protected...
Legend has it raccoons were brought to the Island as a front for hunters to, as they say, “jack” deer at night. As the story goes, if a warden...
I finally sat down and perused a few seed catalogues. I went ahead and ordered peas from Pinetree Gardens out of New Gloucester, Maine. It is my...
Last Thursday’s New York Times had an article on Eliot Coleman and Barbara Wamrosch of Four Seasons Farm. They are raising food year-round in...
I need to fall on my sword. Last week’s column had several typographical errors for which I need to accept full responsibility. As you may know I...
Several family members have birthdays this month so there has been some serious cake-eating at our house. It’s time to get back to nothing but salads...
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Nature & Science Stories
A new chapter in Island environmental restoration is blooming in a laboratory on the shores of the Lagoon. There, in a cool tub of water at a Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group Hatchery, a small artificial meadow of eelgrass is beginning to flower.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in New Jersey caused minor tremors on Martha’s Vineyard Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards program.