Nature & Science
Polly Hill Arboretum will celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, April 28 with an afternoon of tree-themed activities.
Meteor showers offer a pleasant change for those who like to look at the stars and planets at night.
The Vineyard Conservation Society’s annual Earth Day beach cleanup celebrates its 25th anniversary today. People from around the Island will gather this morning to scour the shoreline for litter. The event begins at 10 a.m.
Out with winter and in with more yellow. Forsythia flourished and dandelions bloomed, beckoning the buzzy bees, all in their golden glory.
Completely unexpected is a sighting of a black-necked stilt on April 8. It is a vagrant on the Atlantic Coast.
Oak Bluffs will have 12 new recycling bins this summer, thanks to a grant to the town park department.
Almanac
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Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.