Preparing your yard and gardens for winter can take a fair amount of work and organization each year.
By Geoff Currier
Jim Ferraro’s “top ten” list for his Vineyard Haven estate offers a glimpse inside one of the Island’s more expansive and elaborate properties.
By Karla Araujo
Talking with new talent in the field of interior design.
By Kate Feiffer
Practical considerations on getting from driveway to door, from a landscape professional.
By Kristen Reimann
Whether you call it caretaking or property management, it’s big business on the Vineyard, where many houses are used seasonally, part-time, or as rental investments.
By Karla Araujo
With its long family history, this distinctive blue-shuttered house on a quiet corner in Edgartown presented new owners with a restoration quandary.
By Shelley Christiansen
You can enliven the landscape and help cultivate the Island’s rich ecological diversity by planting wildflowers.
By Matt Pelikan
Short sales, foreclosures, REOs. For tough economic times, the real estate industry nationwide has developed a jargon all its own. And while there hasn’t been a lot of press about distressed properties on the Island, they do exist and may provide opportunities for patient, discerning buyers. Here’s a closer look at the ins and outs of “unconventional” houses for sale.
By Karla Araujo
At many in-town homes, the area between the street and the house can be too small a patch to mow but too big to ignore.
By Susan Catling
One gardener shares observations gleaned from years of planting and tending a multitude of roses, some more gratifying than others.
By Sally Bennet
“I’m a nester,” part-time Island resident Catherine Urban admits as she walks through the cozy three-bedroom West Chop cape that she and her family rented for the first time last summer.
By Karla Araujo
It might sound elementary, but a good look at a map is the best first step toward mastering the Island’s quirky geography.
By Karla Araujo
