Nature & Science
There was a hoedown at Morning Glory Farm on Saturday. The farm was celebrating its 30th year as an Island agricultural institution, with friends, customers and other farmers showing up to share in the fellowship on the eve of the first day of summer.
Temperature: Precip.
Day Max. Min. Inches.
Fº Fº
June 12 64 57 .15
June 13 68 59 .02
June 14 72 56 .04
June 15 66 55 .01
June 16 66 54 Trace
June 17 67 46 .00
June 18 71 52 .00
Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 68 º F.
Skunk Talk
Wildlife biologist Luanne Johnson will share the results of her doctoral research on the behavior and habits of coastal striped skunks on the Vineyard. Her lecture titled Skunks without Borders: the Movements and Behavior or Coastal Skunks on Martha’s Vineyard will be held at the Chilmark Public Library on Thursday, June 25, at 5 p.m.
By the miracle of instinct and enormous exertion, a little bird, the red knot, migrates from the Canadian low arctic to the tip of South America and back each year.
But a decade or so ago, their number dropped dramatically. And the reason for it makes for one of those scientific detective stories that illustrates the interrelatedness of things to each other, and to us.
Tomorrow morning offers a pretty sight close to the eastern horizon. The crescent moon appears in the light of dawn, to the east of the planets Venus and Mars. Venus and Mars appear as a close pair, only two degrees apart. Venus is the brighter of the two planets. Mars is a dull red.
Can gardening put life in perspective? On Wednesday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m. Laura Coit, garden designer and Polly Hill Arboretum volunteer, presents Lessons from the Homestead Border.
She will discuss lessons she learned while creating and maintaining the Homestead Border at the arboretum. This colorful mixed border combines shrubs, perennials, natives and bulbs in seasonal combinations. Ms. Coit planned a sunset color scheme and planted in the spirit of experimentation; along the way she learned something about garden design, plants and life.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
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.