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Spring Cleaning

by | Mar 22, 2024 | Front Articles 2,March 2024 | 0 Comments

By LANNAN M. O'BRIEN It happens every year. You diligently deep-clean every room, designating containers for every item that seems out of place, transforming your home...

Out With The New, In With The Old – Farming Falmouth Breathes Life Into Traditional Sustainability

by | Mar 22, 2024 | Front Articles 2,March 2024 | 0 Comments

By JOHN H. HOUGH Farming Falmouth fuses ancient agricultural practices with modern day food security needs using an assembly of volunteers, eager to educate their...

Expect To See Wildlife On Cape Cod

by | Mar 22, 2024 | Front Articles 2,March 2024 | 0 Comments

By CHRISTINE LYNCH It was 8:30 on a weekday morning. Snow had fallen—maybe two inches—and flurries continued to float down as two healthy-looking coyotes came over the...

Farm to Table

by | Jul 21, 2023 | Front Articles 1,June 2021 | 0 Comments

By SHEILA HURST In their search for the freshest ingredients, area restaurant owners and chefs are embracing the farm-to-table movement by dealing directly with local...

Kids With Green Thumbs

by | May 30, 2023 | Front Articles 1 | 0 Comments

By JOANNE BRIANA-GARTNER When I told my 5-year-old I had signed him up for a gardening class, he asked me why I had. “I already know how to garden,” he informed me. He...

On The Thrift Shop Trail

by | May 23, 2023 | Front Articles 1,May 2023 | 0 Comments

By BECCA LOWRY There is a large variety of consignment shops throughout Cape Cod, all with their own unique flair. I am going to guide you through a few of the...

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SPRING HOME & GARDEN

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

Spring on the Cape arrives with some hesitancy as though not quite sure of itself. March comes with the cold winter winds still prowling the desolate beach dunes. Warm afternoons turn the frozen ground to mud and nurture the buds sitting patiently on the trees poised to bloom. Spring brings rain, dousing the earth and our garden beds. Soft fogs roll in as air and water meet without agreement on temperature. Slowly the days warm, until one day we find spring here to stay and summer unfolding around it.

For Cape Cod, this is the season where we welcome back those who call this place home. Not just the human residents, but also the migratory animals that dwell here, whether for a day or for a season. Ospreys begin piling up on last year’s nests ready to rear the next generation. Fish of all manner from stripers to sharks begin patrolling the waters offshore. Spring peepers emerge and begin their nightly chorus.

Nights are still cool, and after a day out-of-doors in the spring sun, it’s not unusual for us still to relax at the end of the day in front of the fire. The last frosts will come and go, and we can get seeds in the ground ready for that early harvest.

Spring, with all its varying moods, welcomes us back outside.

John H. Hough

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