With the opening of a new education center and botany lab, the Polly Hill Arboretum is hoping to become the leader in plant science and conservation on the Island.

Between the weeds and the lack of rain it is difficult to keep a positive attitude. How do weeds get so huge with nary a sip of water.

Also known as perilla, shiso is a member of the mint family. It is popular in China, Korea, Viet Nam, Laos, India and Japan.

I love this time of year. Full-on high summer is a bit much for me.

I have lived on the Vineyard for 46 years and do not remember a day as hot and miserable as last Sunday.

Lily Walter’s Slip Away Farm on Chappaquiddick serves the community there with a farm stand and community supported agricultural shares. Farm workers also make the trip to Edgartown every Friday morning to deliver produce to the restaurants in town.