Even in these chilly gray days of November we find color everywhere on the Outer Cape. Marsh and beach grasses are golden fire. Junipers are deep green, their bright berries […]
On the Landscape
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Rewards of Caring for House Plants
The basics are simple: soil, water, light, nutrients, and love
Frost etches the margins of the grass in the early morning. You can see your breath when you step outside at night. The bin of winter clothing has been pulled […]
on the landscape
The Grasses Tell Us to Be Quiet
Plants to create spaces that borrow from the textures of woods, fields, and dunes
Shhhhhhhh. The wind is given voice by the grass. The wind has no sound if not for the things it passes through, around, within. It is not the sound of […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Sculpted Masterpieces of Our Sandbar
If Cape Cod were to secede, the pitch pine could be its emblem
If I were asked to describe one image that most aptly represents the character and feel of the Outer Cape, it would be a gnarled, wind-sculpted pitch pine clinging to […]
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The Woods Find Their Way
Two years after the gypsy moths, an altered landscape emerges
There is a trail I follow through the forest behind my house, a winding old fire road grown narrow over the years. I have walked these woods for most of […]
