Flowers And More For Fall Gardeners

Flowers And More For Fall Gardeners

Story & Photos By PAMELA QUIRINALE Soares Flower Garden Nursery Once you enter Soares Flower Garden Nursery, you will likely not want to leave. At the entrance, you’ll see old-fashioned claw-foot painted bathtubs, creatively filled with greenery and plant...
Fundamentals  Of Fall Yard Care

Fundamentals Of Fall Yard Care

By CHRISTOPHER KAZARIAN Autumn on Cape Cod is idyllic. There’s less traffic, the beaches are not as crowded, and temperatures are more tolerable. There may be no better time of the year to get outside and prepare your yard for a long winter’s nap. “I love the fall....
Fall Bounty – From The Farmers Market

Fall Bounty – From The Farmers Market

Story & Photos By GAIL BLAKELY Farmers markets in the fall have a special feeling. Bittersweet is perhaps the best way to describe it. We look back over the year and remember the first signs of spring: chives and fiddleheads, then strawberries. Soon it’s radishes,...
Child Proofing Your Home

Child Proofing Your Home

By MARTHA SCANLON FISH Like most things involving children, the practice of childproofing is constantly evolving. When I was growing up in the 1980s, my parents childproofed their wood stove by building a small wall out of cinder blocks. However, when my own daughter...
Prepare Your Pet For Winter

Prepare Your Pet For Winter

By ROBERTA CANNON When I rescued my dog Finnigan, a Boston Terrier mix, 12 years ago, I stocked up on the essentials such as pet toys, a crate, treats, collar, leash, food and a dog bed. He tore the toys apart, loved his treats, and while the dog food took some...