The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank announced this week that it will preserve 43 acres of active agriculture at Thimble Farm, the familiar Vineyard farm whose pick-your-own berries and luscious hydroponic tomatoes are now considered staples of Island life. Owned by Bencion and Patricia Moskow since 1982, the farm spans the three towns of Tisbury, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury.
“This particular farm has an appeal because it is so well known to Islanders — who hasn’t picked strawberries and raspberries at Thimble Farm?” said land bank executive director James Lengyel this week.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank has completed a long-planned purchased of a 46.5-acre property in Aquinnah south of State Road, known historically as the Hebron Wamsley Homestead.
Not up, not down and no clear road signs for the future. As the calendar year draws to a close, that’s the main story of the Island real estate market.
