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That looks great! My garlic, Transylvanian (really), was a bust. Onions and garlic don't like my soil. Leeks do well but are ambrosia to voles (as are artichokes). Instead I grow lots of scallions, chives (including a strain reputedly from our ancestral Carpathian village) and garlic chives...

Oh so close...

Enormiss, The USGS map excerpt (below) marks a singular Inskeeps "Blue Hole," the only one I am familiar with at that site. There are a few others like Dog Heaven, the Danger Hole and Mt. Misery. I do not want to leave an impression they are commonplace...

This year the the pine vole population seems to be under control. I tried every trick in the book, and found Giant Destroyer Smoke-Bomb Gasser to be the only reliable remedy (Sodium Nitrate 50% Sulfur 38% Charcoal 9% Other Ingredients 3%). I buy one case over the 'net every Spring, which seems...

I am of the opinion that Pinelands “blue holes” are not as mysterious as thought, but are natural features that mark locations of ancient strong springs called icings (aka aufeis – German, naladi – Russian). During cold, dry and windy periods of the Pleistocene, most Pinelands streams flowed...

Jerseyman inspired me having pointed out archive photos of Richland and Milmay Schools, my two- and four-room almae matres! It was wooden rulers, not a hickory switch, that one teacher at Milmay would shatter across hooligans knuckles, and it hurt! New Jersey. State Board of Education. 1916...

These are specialized primitive (extremophile) critters, like the ones found in acid waters near coal strippin's; bacteria that turn streams into orange sludge. They work best at low pH, an environment akin to ancient pre-carbonate rich Earth. Reduced iron is their fuel, which they oxidize...

Cedar or "black" water is a biological process that is related to temperature, pH, and iron availability. I would look to these variables first. The warmer the water temperature the darker the water due to increased biological productivity. Pine Barrens streams run clear in winter. A higher pH...

Sea bass – deep fried with the skin on, sweet 'n sour; tog – gently poached in court bouillon. Did anyone say eel? Now I know why a lot of Lenape chose to stay here rather than leave!!! There is an obscure reference in a Google copy of a local family history (Swing 1889: 76) that confirms my...

I believe the lake was dammed to supply the furnace works, well before the switch to paper manufacture. Weymouth Lake (1) shown on 1839 NJ Geological Survey map, before Lake Lenape (2). According to Vermeule (1894: 278), the Weymouth dam had a fall of 13-feet, netting 160 gross horsepower...

Well worth the extra effort to restart! Wow, the perfect breakfast garnish when fried in olive oil; the way they're served at Rodio's Kitchen in Folsom. S-M

Here is the same garden plot ten-days out: Added are parsnips, tomatoes, tomatillo, sweet & hot peppers, eggplant, squash, yard-long beans, bitter gourd, Chinese okra, baby corn, cucumber, Asian melon, and okra. The late-April green beans were ever-so-slightly kissed by May frost, but are...

Interesting find! It appears to be a crossway that leads to the Old Baker Place, which seems like a reasonable place to dam a creek. You will have to line up the Mare Run section to the Wright (1867) Weymouth exceptions map at the Historical Society of Hamilton Township in Mays Landing. S-M

Lynn, Dead River is just an abandoned mega-meander of the ancient Great Egg Harbor River – an oxbow. The toponym is well and alive in the oral tradition. I don’t remember ever seeing it put on a map, but many a paddler have taken a wrong turn to arrive at a dead end. Mare Run (OED: means "a...

Has anyone read The Jersey Shore: A Social and Economic History of the Counties of Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean? The most impressive South Jersey history happens to also be the most enigmatic. It is a formidable two-volume set – comprehensive, well researched, with lots of obscure...

Boyd, All the crops I mentioned tolerate frost, save the beans. A short growing season is one of those things you adapt to living in the Pines. Some of the more tender greens like Yu Choy, Choy Sum, and Taisai are bred for southern Asia, so might bolt early but are still tasty id picked before...

Mmm, San Marzano is a tasty plum tomato! Drip irrigation is needed for deep watering, but I still have to spot hand water from above to wet everything in drought. As a guy who studies soil I'm a big believer that roots and their environment are woefully underappreciated. Check out the figures...

May 14, 2016 Richland Plot– a local tradition! (foreground) Collards, Chinese cabbages (2 types), Chinese greens (12 types), lettuces (5 types), spinach, broccoli (2 types), cauliflower, spring raab, chard, scallion (3 types), snow peas (two types), herbs, daikon (3 types), garlic, and...

That's my girl! EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — Alexis Demitroff hops in a pickup truck at sunrise and drives around the landfill. On the seat next to her a small revolver rattles inside a red bucket. She looks out the window until she finds what she is looking for — a bird. She points the gun in...

Held the second Wednesday – 7:30 PM – this May at the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church, 6001 Main Street, Mays Landing, NJ. 2016 • MAY 11 The Forgotten Colony of Estellville Carl Farrell The presentation on the Estellville or Burbridge ethnic settlement was delayed a month due to...