The past few days since tropical storm Dorian swept through the Island have been absolutely spectacular.

A large crowd gathered at the Chappy community center over the weekend to celebrate the combined sixty-nine years of service of four Chappy ferry captains.

It is late August, often a season of molds and weeds on Martha’s Vineyard farms.

Every farmer has a favorite crop. Some are reluctant to name just one, like a mother who does not want to play favorites.

Lucy Leopold and Collins Heavener, year-round residents of Chappaquiddick, were married at Slip Away Farm, their home, on Saturday evening.

With the Agricultural Fair beginning on Thursday, it’s another busy week ahead for Island farmers.

The other day I called Julie Scott, the farm manager at Slough Farm in Edgartown, and caught her just as she was about to get into a truck with a sheep in the back of it.

I opened my greenhouse door the other morning and discovered seven bobwhite quail scurrying around and under our seeding tables.

Every other morning, I begin my day harvesting flowers, working alongside my friend Lucy Leopold.

A farmer’s entire success depends on many factors, but always starts with one thing: our dirt.