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According to the farm census, which is performed every five years, New Jersey has 10,327 farms, 4 percent more than in 2002 and the highest number of farms since 1965. http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090620/NEWS01/906200353/1006/Rainy-stretch-aids-blueberry-crop

http://www.app.com/article/20090620/NEWS/90620023/-1/FRONTTABS01/Black+bear+sightings+continue+to+rise+in+NJ http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090621/NEWS01/906210346

Large patches of Pitcher Plants at this location. A rare plants that for the life of me I can’t remember the name of. Don’t get old :( Can anyone identify this bug? And Jessica found this gem either laying eggs or just finished. Guy

All, I am starting this thread so that all of us can follow along with the progress of a little project that bobpbx asked me to join him with. The project concerns Platanthera blephariglottis, which you may know as white fringed orchids. Deer love to eat them, so last evening we erected a...

Accurate to less than one inch! I need to get one. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/06/13/myers.gps.tractors.cnn Guy

There is hope! http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/06/12/dnt.wa.paper.water.bottle.king Guy

All, Today was the most exhausting trip I have ever taken. Bob, Jeff, and I starting at 7:30 AM this morning traveled up the Oswego from just above Oswego Lake all the way to Sim Place, and back! This is wild country and in the 10 hours we were out there today we saw nobody. Granted, only the...

Now, both have launched efforts to try to get Internet map services to remove or blur images of sensitive sites, saying the same technology that allows people to see a neighbor's swimming pool can be used by terrorists to chose targets and plan attacks...

A little late, and did anyone go? http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009905280368 Guy

All, Al, Bob, Jessica, and I spend the morning and early afternoon roaming through the Bear Swamp near Dividing Creek. Al had been there many times before and was showing us the sites. Spiders A sea of ferns Bob at one of the trees along our route. Swamp...

If you have a few minutes, read the small article and then click on the video link and watch the man explain his actions. This is a perfect example on why concerned citizens are a dying breed, and this country is doomed...

All, Jessica notice what she thought was spiders on one of her flowers in the garden. A closer look makes me believe they are Aphids. I have not found the specific kind but will keep looking. They cover an area smaller than your little fingernail. The larger one was not too happy with my...

All, We went again to check on the Lady Slippers, and it seems like some of the plants are never going to mature. While looking them over a Tiger Beetle suddenly appeared next to me. They are really shy. From there we headed over to look at a sedge Bob had asked me to...

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service will operate with a skeleton crew of wardens and firefighters Friday because of the state's mandated worker furloughs, and some members are worried that the unpaid day off could put the state at risk if a major fire sparks...

I was riding my bicycle tonight through Haddon Heights tonight and a fox ran right in front of me across the road. Seemed completely unconcerned and just gave me a sideways glance before jumping into the brush and was gone. It is obvious they follow the streams that run through the towns from...

This is an interesting article with photo's of the bulls eye that one would see if they were bit by a deer tick. If you have time you may want to read it all. Some of the symptoms of Lyme disease are devastating. After a decade of unbearable side effects, she decided to end her life...

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All, We had a few items on our agenda’s today, with the fist one to check out the Pink Lady Slippers this weekend to see if any of the smaller flowers were ready to photograph, and we learned quickly they are slow growers. They were only about and inch taller. However, we did learn that when...

Jessica and I visited the location where we found multiple Pink Lady Slippers yesterday. Many of them are very small, with only one somewhat developed. It is not yet pink. Starting to grow Rabbit Ears On our travels Jessica heard a noise in the woods...

All, Today was the annual PBX super hike and cookout, postponed from last weekend because of the weather. It was last night around 7PM that the decision was made to continue with it. Lets back up a little. I designed a hike in an area along the Nescochague that I have always wanted to...