Here’s a little trivia for you: According to a 1928 U.S. Department of Agriculture pamphlet, it takes nearly two tons of ice per cow per year to cool milk on a dairy farm.
Geoff Currier
In Linsey Lee’s oral history of Martha’s Vineyard Vineyard Voices, Eric Cottle of Chilmark remembers that when he was young, houses were moved around the Island using oxen.
Geoff Currier
A swordfish harpoon is generally a 12-foot aluminum pole with a 3/8-inch diameter metal shank on the end to which a detachable barbed dart or “Lily Iron” is attached.
Geoff Currier
From the bike path on Beach Road to the rolling hills up-Island, cycling is a great way to get out of the car, experience the landscape, and bond with family and friends.
Jim Miller
The Fischer family comes together over a day of haying at Flat Point Farm.
Margaret Knight
Reach out and grab the brass ring.
Geoff Currier
Bats are the Kobayashis of the animal kingdom.
Geoff Currier
No one knows for certain who the first person was to create scrimshaw.
Geoff Currier
