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Bob, Much has been written on the core area, yet much less is commemorated outside that zone even though it is spatially larger. The southern portion’s cultural map is much denser too. When invited to write the VAF essay a regurgitation of already published material like Wacker’s “Human...

http://vafnewsletter.blogspot.com/2014/07/sugar-sand-opportunity-landscape-and.html?spref=fb The essay “Sugar Sand Opportunity: Landscape and People of the Pine Barrens” was reproduced online as the Feature Article in the Vernacular Architecture Newsletter (Summer 2014) courtesy of NJ VAF...

Let's compare grape production with bell pepper production. NJ ranks 4th in nationwide pepper production. Grapes require about 20–40 pounds of nitrogen per acre, about 10% of that required by bell pepper (200–250 pounds of nitrogen per acre). Grapes require about 14,000 gallons of water per...

Every 4 years, research and extension workers from throughout North America and abroad meet to exchange ideas and research results on current blueberry issues under the auspices of the North American Blueberry Research and Extension Workers Conference. This year’s conference was hosted by...

Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2014 Super Bock Stout...

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Jeff, I missed the Desert of Maine in an earlier post of other inland sand-patch pine barrens: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/ny-new-england-vacation-ideas.9361/#post-112813 Thanks for pointing out yet another Pine Barrens "mini-me!" FYI, the Albany Pine Bush could shortly receive...

My fault, Boyd. We're on the same storm path. I worked my tail off covering tender plants in the garden, and battening down the hatches. So, of course it missed me too. Bet Manumuskin forgot to cover his petunias...

OK, now I know what happened to St. George's in Risley. According to Tom Ross's research notes provided by Carl Farrell at the Township of Hamilton Historical Society (Mays Landing), the church burned down about 1924. The fire started by Head-of-the-River, then burned all the way to Risley. The...

Bob, Even better, Ben wrote the Atsion narrative for the VAF proceedings. Way to go, Ben! Our good friend Jerseyman was busy on the Bayshore tour, along with West Jersey Round Table fellow Professor Mike Chiarappa of Quinnipiac University. All the heavy hitters were out for this event. South...

Here's an account of People, Places, and Sugar Sand – A Pinelands Tour, which went very well thanks to the help of a lot of folks, many who post on this very site. The goal to preserve, protect, and enhance the cultural resources of the Pinelands National Reserve is not forgotten. VAF is an...

As said earlier, the small rises are probably sandy dune or protodune remnants that veneer heavier soil. Flat sandy areas are often associated with "coversands" (broad sheets of windblown sand). Sand blew in from outside Bear Swamp when cold winds howled during the ice age. Pine Barrens flora...

The small islands are likely ancient dunes, and cedar was logged out a long time ago. The 1889 Cook/Vermuele map shows that there were cedar trees scattered across the eastern side of the swamp.

Did you notice that the mistletoe seemed to be on female trees? According to Engle et al. (1921: 41), around Millville, "Occasionally the swamp areas are full of small islands. This is particularly true of Bear Swamp between Cedarville and Dividing Creek. These islands are 2 to 3 feet above...

Lost Town Hunter and I, along with historical architect Margaret Westfield. will co-coordinate a field trip for the 2014 Vernacular Architecture Forum at Richard Stockton College from May 7–11. The Pinelands field trip is Friday, May 9...

Guy, This is a great article, and one of much interest to me. I'm barely old enough to remember the 1963 fires. It wasn't pretty. People died; many houses burned. With the build up of forest litter it is not a question of if - but when - the next conflagration will occur. Droughts are cyclic...

Folks, I'll be giving a talk for the Greater Elmer Area Historical Society on ice age landscapes and their cultural use. One feature, Broad Pond, was once a pond three-quarters of a mile long. By the 1930s it dried up. Ancient Climate Change and Cultural Use of Ice Age Landscapes...

I am glad to see the issue of Pinelands wetlands drying up is again receiving attention. It's been well over a decade that the press last reported the phenomenon: •Harper D. 2004. “Richland man's study is dry work.” The Press of Atlantic City. C1, C4. Mark Demitroff puts his green station...

Boyd, many natives to the Pines like myself, even those from Estell Manor, have long considered considered Oakville, a "suburb" of Estellville, to be the true birthplace of the Jersey Devil. The open property has long returned to woodland. You should be honored for the distinction. Folklore is...

Bravo, another great time at Lines on the Pines. This year the whole family stayed for dinner, to honor dear Uncle Budd. Guess which table, ahem, borrowed Jerseyman's hat for the bog plant raffle as everyone was leaving? Kudos to Paul, Linda, Terry, et al. for a fine time in Hammonton.