by oncapemagazine | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2017
By ROBERTA CANNON When I was a child, I was fascinated by the round cement circle that sat on top of a mound of dark green grass in our backyard. Every once in a while, my father would lift up the thick gray disk and look down into the hole underneath it. On occasion...
by oncapemagazine | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2017, Uncategorized
Story & Photos BY KAREN B. HUNTER Digging is a word universally paired with the concept and practice of gardening and long associated, too, with its aftermath—aching backs and joints. Gardening and digging, however, do not have to go together. For at least 40...
by oncapemagazine | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2016
By MARA BROOKS Photograph by Gene M. Marchand “Last year, we had a really mild December,” recalled Russell Norton, horticulturist at Heritage Museum & Gardens. “It was so mild that some plant species thought it was spring, so they bloomed.” Most Cape Cod gardeners...
by oncapemagazine | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2016
By MARA BROOKS The earth laughs in flowers,” poet Ralph Waldo Emerson famously wrote. But soil too sandy to plant in is no joke for many frustrated Cape Cod gardeners. While many Upper Cape towns boast good silt loams (ideal for growing a variety of plants), the dry,...
by oncapemagazine | Sep 21, 2023 | August 2016
By CHRISTINE LYNCH Most homes have one room where people seem to congregate. Often it’s the kitchen or a family room, depending on the layout of the house. In the warm weather, an inviting spot to gather would be a screened in porch. By definition, a porch is a...
