On the Vineyard, it’s different. Spring, when it finally deigns to make an entrance, take the stage at a stately pace. Here, daffodils are soloists. Arriving to great applause, they get a seemingly endless overture.

Depending on who you ask, Mashpee resident Paul Rifkin could be considered the Cape and Islands' unofficial photographer.

This week on the Local Food Report, a Korean Natural Farming teacher on the relationships that create healthy soil.

It’s a classic birding bummer — sometimes a rare bird comes to light too late for birders to see it, to the chagrin of those who missed out.

The other day I took some old friends up to Great Point. The weather wasn’t particularly good — Nantucket in March, we kept grumbling. I don’t think they’d mind me saying old friends, as it’s true. Both are older than me by a mile, and they don’t get around as easily as they once did.

This program starts out with a postcard from Zinnias, followed by a conversation with Terry Soares, of Soares Flower Garden Nursery. C.L. also gives tips for growing flowers and herbs in containers, and talks about what you can be doing in your landscape this week.

John Bunker has spent the past fifty years learning everything he can about North American apple varieties.

On Sunday, a rare bird was discovered on Great Pond in Eastham, driving local birders loony. This unassuming gray and white waterbird was in the wrong kind of water in the wrong town on the wrong coast.

Those of you who travel the north side of Cape Cod know that Route 6A has been closed in Dennis for several months, and a detour sends drivers either north through Sesuit Neck or south to Scargo Hill Road.

C.L. talks tick strategies with Larry Dapsis, Barnstable County Entomologist, Retired, and gives more tips about planting perennial gardens.