Celebrate summer flowers in early August with The Garden Lady. After starting out with a postcard from petunias, C.L. welcomes Kerry Michaels, author of Art From the Garden and they talk about getting creative with flowers and other natural materials. Listeners call in with questions about vegetable garden problems, powdery mildew, controlling invasive weeds, and earthworms.

It's the news roundup where talk about some of the stories making local headlines this week.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the annual return of bonito to local waters. It's always a sign the late summer fishery has opened when these fast, tasty fish return.

The Falmouth Road Race is Sunday August 16. The 7 mile race begins in Woods Hole, ends in Falmouth Heights and draws international elite runners, amateur runners and plenty of people from the Cape and Islands who want to participate in this historic race.

This week on the Local Food Report, we learn about Wellfleet’s historic herring run.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Captain Matt Rutherford, who is attempting to be the first person to circumnavigate the Arctic Ocean, solo and without any assistance.

Wang Jibing, a writer and delivery driver, has won one of China's most prestigious award for poetry. Professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow of Duke University explains why his work has had such huge impact.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to reporter Maria Godoy about how parents can wade through the noise and opinions to find information to help keep their kids healthy.