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Stories by Lily Walter

Farm and Field: Growth of the Soil

July 22, 2019
Lily Walter

A farmer’s entire success depends on many factors, but always starts with one thing: our dirt. The soil on the Island can vary dramatically. Many up-Island farmers struggle with heavy clay...

On Chappy

July 17, 2019
Lily Walter

This is the time of year that the butterfly weed, an orange bloom in the milkweed family, really takes off on Chappy. It seems to be a particularly good year for it. The edges of our field at Wasque...

Farm and Field: Hope Springs Eternal

July 15, 2019
Lily Walter

Farmers are eternal optimists. In the quiet months of winter, we think to ourselves, “This will be the year.” We reflect back to the summer months, when our fields were brimming with...

Farm and Field: Nurturing Mother Earth

July 8, 2019
Lily Walter

My 18-month-old daughter recently pointed at a freshly harvested green bundle sitting on our kitchen counter and correctly identified it as bok choy. She knows the difference between a daffodil and a...

On Chappy

July 3, 2019
Lily Walter

My family tried our best to make it to the end of our road to cheer on the frontrunners of the Chappy Point to Point five mile road race this past Sunday. But then the new chicks escaped in the...

Farm and Field: Weather or Not

July 1, 2019
Lily Walter

Some farmers may disagree, but I find working in a warm summer rain is one of the greatest pleasures of farming. The key to enjoying it is a solid set of rain gear: rubber boots, waterproof bib...

Farm and Field: Reviving an Old Farm, and a Column

June 24, 2019
Lily Walter

It is with great pleasure that I am taking on the revived Farm and Field column this summer. I live and farm on Chappaquiddick, that mysterious little island separated from the Vineyard by a 527-...

On Chappy

June 20, 2019
Lily Walter

A pickup truck on the Chappy ferry last night captured the essence of this time of year. The bed was overflowing with bikes, beach chairs, fishing pole and bags of various shapes and sizes, all tied...

On Chappy

June 5, 2019
Lily Walter

All ages gathered at the community center on Sunday night to celebrate Sidney Morris’s seventieth birthday. Sidney and his wife Margaret moved to Chappaquiddick in the seventies, raised their...

On Chappy

May 23, 2019
Lily Walter

The sun made a rare and much-welcomed appearance on Chappy this weekend. Like most of New England, we have had an unusually wet and cool spring, with the majority of days forecast for rain or clouds...

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