Whether it’s jam or tomatoes you want to can, you can easily learn the basics. Then perfect your skills with our recipes for hot peach chutney, green-chili salsa, and berry syrup.
By Catherine Walthers
Despite the fact that this drink has a devout Island following of brewers and consumers, many of the uninitiated remain too wary to ask for a taste.
By Rachel Schubert
This recipe comes from Saving the Seasons: How to Can, Freeze, or Dry Almost Anything by Mary Clemens Meyer and Susanna Meyer, published in 2010 by Herald Press. Makes about 4 pints
By Mary Clemens Meyer and Susanna Meyer
Native Islander Polly Bassett, who lives in West Tisbury, shares this recipe for a mild but flavorful salsa that you can use as a taco sauce, chip dip, or seasoning sauce.
By Polly Bassett
Serve on top of pancakes and waffles, or use for ice cream parfaits and other desserts such as panna cotta.
By Mary Clemens Meyer and Susanna Meyer
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
They nourish the land as well as our lives. One afternoon I walked into my house and there was a chicken in the kitchen. The side door had blown open, and Dark Beak had come inside, presumably to check on the spider population. She has a passion for spiders, and she knows what kind of housecleaners we are – it wasn’t the first time she’d been inside.
By Margaret Knight
Historically, house plans were guided by a handful of traditional archetypes. Today, more contemporary features – such as an open floor plan – may take top billing, but understanding the Island’s architectural heritage can help in designing a new structure at ease in its surroundings.
By Mark Hutker & Leo A.W. Wiegman
Historic musicians’ cottage gets a new life.
By Karla Araujo
A laid-back sanctuary, this East Chop house is the result of a creative collaboration that expresses the homeowner’s distinctive sense of style.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
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