It’s about time. I got an email from Wayne Smith with an attached photograph of a hawk at the nest containing three chicks. Finally, with that photo, the red-shouldered hawk becomes the newest species known to nest on the Island.
Farm & Garden
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I've been writing this column since 2007 so in a quick math check that's 16 Julys.
Bucolic is a word that often comes to mind on the Vineyard, where jaggy oak forests give way to rolling, soft green pastures.
Wow! The thunderstorm Monday night over to Tuesday early morning was pretty impressive.
The strawberry festival at Morning Glory Farm last weekend was a rainy affair, but then again it often is.
I loved last Saturday’s rain. Some major puttering took place in my house.
Ever so slowly, little green buds emerge from the oaks, and temperatures tiptoe towards temperateness.
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Nature & Science Stories
John Muir had a fondness for ferns. He encouraged this activity: “Spread a fern-frond over a man’s head and worldly cares are cast out, and freedom and beauty and peace come in.”
This year’s Cross-Island hike takes place Saturday, June 1, beginning at 8 a.m. at Hillman’s Point at Lake Tashmoo. The full trek is just over 19 miles long, ending at the Chilmark Pond Preserve.