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  1. Spung-Man

    Garden 2020

    How does the garden grow? Winter was incredibly warm this year, and we were able to pretty much continuously harvest crops. We're about two weeks ahead of schedule here as far as planting goes. A. Collards (front) and Chinese mustard greens (specifically Serifon, back) are still providing...
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    NC Tar Kiln Demonstration

    Finally, time to reach out to old friends at this site! I recently took geology club students to Jones Lake State Park (Elizabethtown, NC) on a visit to see a geological formation called the Carolina Bays. These wetlands are spung-like closed depressions that dot sandy landscapes not only in the...
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    SoJourn Winter 2018/19 is out!

    SoJourn Winter 2018/19 — A journal devoted to the history, culture, and geography of South Jersey. ARTICLES "The Southern Pine Barrens: An Ethnic Archipelago," by Elizabeth Marsh, Mark Demitroff, & Paul Schopp. "Unexpected Wildlife Refuge: Haven for South Jersey Wildlife," by Nedim...
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    14th Annual Lines on the Pines

    Just a reminder, as if anyone here was unaware of this event! https://www.linesonthepines.org/linesonthepines.html S-M
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    “The Greatest Agricultural Colony on Earth” March 11, 2019

    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...
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    New Friendship, and the Willits Survey

    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...
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    BL England could shut down in May

    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...
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    Periglacial talk at the Tuckerton Historical Society

    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...
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    The Lure of South Jersey: The Resettlement of Migrants

    STOCKTON UNIVERSITY KRAMER HALL PRESENTS— The Lure of South Jersey: The Resettlement of Migrants Fall Lectures Stockton University’s Kramer Hall, Noyes Museum of Art and the South Jersey Culture and History Center have collaborated to raise awareness of South Jersey’s long-standing cultural...
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    Garden 2017

    How’s are the 2017 gardens? Every darn time I want to post on the topic—distraction. Here’s a couple 2017 photos before anything else wilts, gets eaten, falls over in a storm, or is incinerated by an asteroid. It’s a toss up every year as what works and what doesn’t. 2107 cucumbers were a bust...
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    17 trillion...

    The metric 17-trillion—of course—describes how much water fills the Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer. Everyone who paged through McPhee knows this one. It is a USGS hydrogeologist who came up with this figure. Actually the more accurate amount is 17.7 trillion (based on Rhodehamel 1979, as quoted by...
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    SoJourn has arrived

    The South Jersey Culture & History Center at Stockton is proud to announce the second issue of SoJourn, a journal devoted to the history, culture, and geography of South Jersey Contents of this issue: “Kate Aylesford: Modernity and Place in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens” by Matthew G. Hatvany —A...
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    Ewing goes back to the Ice Age

    There will be a talk tomorrow night (Wednesday, January 11, 2017) about Ice Age landscapes of South Jersey, hosted by the Friends of Ewing Library. http://www.shop.minutemanpress.com/news/northeast/new-jersey/ewing/ewing-goes-back-to-the-ice-age-98794.html S-M
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    Why living around nature could make you live longer

    Why living around nature could make you live longer The researchers found that people living in the greenest places — that is, people who had the most vegetation within 800 feet of their homes — had a 12 percent lower rate of mortality from any non-accidental cause than people living in the...
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    Episode 38: The Wisdom of John McPhee

    The July 08, 2016 New Yorker Radio Hour featured an episode called "The Wisdom of John McPhee" where the author reflects on a lifetime of writing. Here's a link to that podcast: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/tnyradiohour McPhee's book The Pine Barrens is credited as the inspiration for the...
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    ACUA intern saves birds by shooting at them

    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...
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    South Jersey residents hear boom, feel shake

    South Jersey residents hear boom, feel shake http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/south-jersey-residents-hear-boom-feel-shake/article_3eebda3c-c5ee-11e5-94f5-07735cc23e30.html Five shocks have shaken my house, at 1:23, 1:30, 2:02, 2:17, and 2:21 PM. They are not long gentle rumbles like the...
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    Hamilton Historical Society Speakers Series

    Held the second Wednesday – 7:30 PM – January to April at the Fellowship Hall of the Presbyterian Church, 6001 Main Street, Mays Landing, NJ. 2016 • JANUARY 13 Soggy Ground: Valuing Hamilton Township Wetlands Mark Demitroff • FEBRUARY 10 Privateers and Pirates of the Great Egg Harbor River Lee...
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    Pinelands Villages as Sewer Service Areas

    There are 47 Pinelands Villages that encompass ~24,000 acres. With their new inclusion as State Sewer Service Areas, you can expect radical changes to village character. Richland Village is “a prototype for the immediate region as well as the State” (BVT Redevelopment Plan, 2006: 1). Richland...
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    Reading South Jersey

    Come out in the beautiful autumn weather, Saturday, November 14, for Reading South Jersey. (Campus Center Bookstore, 12:30pm-2:00pm). Since 2013 Stockton students have been publishing and republishing attractive and well-edited paperback editions of significant but hard to get titles...
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