While new gardeners are just now considering what to plant for the season ahead, their more experienced neighbors are already tending tomato seedlings in the greenhouse. Fluctuating temperatures and blustery […]
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DOVETAIL JOINT
A Fresh Look at Your Project List
Small jobs that make a big difference
The Question: Now that we’re inside these four walls all day, I’m noticing so many things we ought to fix up. Our list is long and we can’t decide where […]
PLANTCRAFT
Grow Your Own Elixir
A medicinal garden gives you everything you need for fire cider
EASTHAM — My garden is popping with bright green life as perennials wake: lemon balm, mint, oregano, chamomile, echinacea. The sight is soothing, and it brings to mind the ways […]
GALLERY
A Banana Baron’s Summer Home
Belvernon holds the history of local enterprise and summer fun
We wonder about the season ahead and what we’ll find at the other side. There are surely lessons to be learned from the historic houses around us and the people […]
DIY
Happy Globes for Fun and Focus
Add a little glitter to your world
There’s something magical about watching the slow-motion world inside a snow globe. Ready to put winter behind us, we decided on glitter as a good ingredient for a springtime version. […]
GALLERY
Outer Cape Households Make It Work
Carving out space for the new work/life balance
Working from home. Like it or not, it’s a new reality for many of us. And while some may be lucky enough to have a dedicated space with an actual […]
MEET THE MAKER
Crochet Toys Are Amigurumi
Crafters connect with a hook, a ball of yarn, and a playful idea
When I was eight years old, my mother taught me my first basic crochet stitches, thereby connecting me to a long line of crochet blanket makers in my family. When […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Remodeling for the Best Return
How to spend wisely in uncertain economic times
The Question: We’ve been saving to make some home improvements and want to go forward. But we’re concerned about the economy and want to make sure we do this intelligently. […]
D.I.Y.
Build a Raised Garden Bed
A simple frame, good soil, and seeds to bring spring to life
Who knows what the next few months will bring? Planting a garden is one way to cope with so much uncertainty. You’ll put your mind to taking care of plants […]
D.I.Y.
Homemade Face Masks: Sewing a Statement
Last-resort wear, better than nothing, makes a point about a broken system
WELLFLEET — Deirdre Oringer hadn’t sewn in ages. But when her daughter, Alita Pedley, who is an emergency room nurse in Bellingham, Wash., posted a pattern for face masks created […]
LOST AND FOUND
Bringing Home a ‘Box Eternal’
A trunk from Kentucky becomes a table on Cape Cod
I am going to miss the chaos of a good estate sale during this time of distancing. My strategy at such gatherings is to stand in one place, ignoring the […]
GALLERY
The Comforts of Home
‘I simply remember my favorite things’
Now is the time to find ways to take comfort in being at home. Here we can surround ourselves with what’s most familiar. And look at these things anew: a […]
CAREGIVING
Past Practices of Cookery and Hygiene
Finding comfort in ‘simple remedies’ and suffrage sarcasm
I turned to old cookbooks for comfort last week, wondering what my American foremothers had done in times of crisis and scarcity. Given that our best strategy at slowing the […]
PLANTCRAFT
What’s in a Woodpile?
How to make a holzhausen to warm your home and your spirit
Outer Cape winds can be unruly, knocking trees down in a tantrum. On the days following a storm, the sound of chainsaws rings through the neighborhood. But when the trees […]
GALLERY
Provincetown Bracketology for the Win
On a walk downtown, details to look up to
Basketball fans won’t be filling out brackets this year. Instead, March Madness is taking on a whole new meaning. Meanwhile, Provincetown’s antique facades remind us of the town’s endurance. Intricate […]
