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Awesome, time to dream of Jersey tomatoes. Nothing comes close to sungold in performance in my garden.

Here's a link back to the alfalfa meal post: https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/garden-2016-underway.11231/#post-136634 I'm quite impressed with its utility in improving all NJ soils, including Pinelands soil, although its price has doubled over the last few years. It is available from...

Rowan Professor Harry Gershenowitz wrote a series of small undated papers on reintroducing bears to South Jersey: The case for the restoration of the black bear in Burlington County. Bears and the ecosystem of Cape May County. Bear sightings in Franklin Township during the summer of 1896. Black...

Thanks for nailing down the location. I often wondered about Chewtown's placement and its connection to two other locations with a similar name. It confused me for a while. First is Chew or the Chew Place in Hammonton on Chew Road below the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Up the Hammonton Chew Road was...

Just a reminder, as if anyone here was unaware of this event! https://www.linesonthepines.org/linesonthepines.html S-M

Yes! Avery-Quinn has meticulously laid out the early "pioneer" lots of the Estelle Colony in his study. It's a complex story. Here's my take, in hopes of simplifying the story. Originally, about 20,000 acres of former Cumberland Furnace land was laid out in farm lots by Edward Randolph Wood...

The Atlantic County Historical Society will present: “The Greatest Agricultural Colony on Earth”: Daniel Risley, the Estelle Colony and the founding of three Atlantic County communities, by Samuel Avery-Quinn, PhD. Visiting Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Free...

Boyd, I can't wait! The Cook-Vermeule maps will be a very important contribution to anyone with interest in land-cover change. They are a snapshot of the region’s late nineteenth century landscape. Paul Stewart Wichansky did a doctoral dissertation on land-use change, which was based on the...

Held on second Wednesdays — 7:30 PM — January to April at the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church, 6001 Main Street, Mays Landing, NJ. 2019 • JANUARY 09 Patriotism in the Pines The story of the WW I Bethlehem Loading Company now Belcoville and the Atlantic County Park, at Estell Manor...

Oriental, Thank you for suggesting another Pine Barrens “bottom.” White Oak Bottom appears to be at the head of a small cripple, or perhaps a stream. Is there a modern river channel cut (incised) into its floor? Bottom is a common term for flat periglacial dells in the UK, like “The...

Yep, that is Abby, Abby-Normal. You missed her fawn. What she wouldn't do for a couple of bucks... Here she is ravishing radishes outside the garden; wild but not particularly afraid of people. This neck of the woods is a good place to escape from the coyotes. Around Christmas her nose lights...

Awesome report, Rooftree! It would be interesting to define what was once considered “oak bottom.” I agree, the Pine Barrens character has changed a lot over the last few centuries. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “bottom” is either “Low-lying land; (frequently in plural) a valley...

7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 07, 2018 — Atlantic County Park Nature Center I’m giving an informal presentation for the Friends of the Park & the Atlantic County Parks’ Speakers Program about western Atlantic County Pine Barrens. It’s a two-part talk. The first half covers the cultural...

Kudos to your wife's company for a job well done!

Wahoo! Rime came but missed the garden. The drip irrigation provided just enough of a temperature buffer to cheat jack frost for a couple more days. Hot peppers, bitter gourd, and luffa are still going strong—time for Panang curry.

BL England could shut down in May https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/cape_may/bl-england-could-shut-down-in-may/article_feb89b6a-bc02-5105-b778-6ecd38076303.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Breaking%20News&utm_campaign=BREAKING The power line towers behind my house are...

Looks like the yellownecked caterpillar, Datana ministra. Here's a good way to identify them. If disturbed, the caterpillars lift their head and tail to form a "U"-shape. If so, then natural predators usually keep them under control. S-M

Willy, I am not surprised to see a Swain at Fordville, a suburb of Gouldtown. I am under the impression that there was a large Black and small Native population in western Atlantic, eastern Cumberland, and northern Cape May Counties that no one bothered to acknowledge. This was the Great...

Manumuskin, You are right, at least in the modern sense. Strong natural springs were once called blue holes too, the best known being the Inskeeps (Inkskips) and Mt. Misery Blue Holes. Their former hydraulic head has dropped, likely because of aquifer over-withdrawal...

Earth, Wind and Ice: Ancient Climate Change Geologist and adjunct professor at Stockton University, Mark Demitroff gives a fascinating talk on how the last Ice Age fashioned our Pinelands terrain and produced their natural oddities: rare orchids, carnivorous plants, spungs, savannahs, blue...