Beginning this year, under a new federal law, recreational saltwater fishermen are required either to have a saltwater license or to have registered with their state. In Massachusetts, where a law requiring a license will take effect next year, fishermen are supposed to register.

But very few have.

The gibbous moon appears next to the bright planet Saturn tomorrow night. The two appear high in the east after sunset and remain visible through the evening. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Virgo.

Grow Brazilian

Island Grown Initiative in collaboration with UMass Amherst is hosting a transplant sale at Morning Glory Farm in Edgartown, on May 22 and 23. Taioba, maxixe, jilo and okra will be available as well as information on cultivation, cooking and nutrition. Hear from other growers what these crops have brought to their business and their kitchens. For more information, contact Zoraia Barros at [email protected].

Garden Club Plant Sale

The Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale and open house on Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the historic Old Mill on Edgartown Road in West Tisbury.

The mill, located across from the Old Mill Pond, has been the home of the club since 1942. A great variety of plants grown in the Garden Club’s greenhouse through the winter will be offered for sale to members and the public.

By LYNNE IRONS

My greenhouse is bursting at the seams. Thankfully, I did not jump the gun (where did that expression come from?) and plant out the many peppers, tomatoes, squashes, watermelons and cucumbers. I did plant a test row of beans, a few tomatoes and a couple of zucchini. Even the double covering of Reemay could not save them. It froze two nights last week. My son Jeremiah lost all his tender vegetable starts — blackened the first morning. Mine, however, died that slow, lingering death which alternately gave hope and despair.

We broke the record! The final total for the Felix Neck Birdathon was 132 species, and what a couple of beautiful days we had. The official start was 6 p.m. Friday and the end was 6 p.m. on Saturday. Friday early evening was clear, so owling was possible. A brief shower in the early morning hours of Saturday gave us what is known in the birding world as a fallout. Sunny, bright and warm with a bit of wind was the weather that greeted the birders on Saturday morning. Whit Manter hit the jackpot at Squibnocket as a mixed flock of warblers and vireos plus a couple of other song birds were in the willows to greet him.