Our local lobster fishery is divided into two areas — region one which is basically the Gulf of Maine, and region two on the backside of the Cape, and for several months, all the fishing stock available to our local fleet had moved to region two.

While the turn of the calendar to May brings an avalanche of phenological change to yards and woods, maybe none is so obvious, and welcome, as the change in the morning soundscape.

The most important teacher I ever had was not some Harvard professor, or one of many newspaper editors who carved up my prose. It wasn’t even a person, a whole person anyway. It was an appendage.

C.L. talks about savoring the rain and what can be planted this weekend. Then, she interviews Tawny Simisky, University of Massachusetts Extension Entomologist, about three insects of interest in our area and takes listener calls.

Herring have been a dietary mainstay for Wampanoag people in spring since time immemorial, and Peters decided he wanted to try to do something for these fish that are so clearly struggling.

It’s not even May, and the “Swallow-tailed Kite triangle” of Cape Cod is already popping off with early sightings. There were no fewer than five reports of this improbably graceful hawk over the last week.

What really impresses me at this time of year, at any time of year, actually, are the lichens. These otherworldly beings, growing on tree bark and branches, spreading on the ground or on rocks or gravestones, seem to thrive in any weather.

This week, C.L. talks about Kitchen Minis and takes calls from listeners.

Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite garden accessory, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Quite a few have been reported already, with the first sighted back on the 17th in Brewster.