If you own a home in Rahway, you may be eligible to have a free rain garden planned and installed on your property by experts from Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County and the Water Resources Program. The offer applies only to properties that …
Archives for March 2013
Get Ready for the Allergy Season
Pollen season is here! There’s no mistaking it as some allergy sufferers in New Jersey and in the Northeast are already put on notice with teary, itchy eyes already a part of their daily existence. These symptoms are expected to be more in evidence in the next few weeks as tree pollen levels begin to […]
Bumblebee numbers plummet, according to study
Honeybees may be getting the bulk of media attention when it comes to declining populations. But researchers in the Northeast say that bumblebees have taken a much larger hit during the past century and a half, according to a recent news release…The …
People Who Taste Too Much
There is a good reason why kale evokes such strong feelings in different people. What is harshly bitter to some 25% of the world – often classified as "supertasters" – is barely bitter to about another third. The rest of us fall somewhere in be…
Spring in New Jersey riding a warming trend
Despite a chilly March, New Jersey just experienced another warmer-than-average winter – and federal weather forecasters predict above-average spring temperatures for the state, as well as most of the country east of the Rockies…Pollen counts had alr…
Rutgers Tool Simulates the Realities of Sea-Level Rise
At Point Pleasant Coast Guard Station, the rising ocean laps just below the quayside where cars are parked. At Avalon Dunes, it’s shown advancing along a bayside street lined with expensive homes. And at Double Creek Bridge south of Toms River, the wat…
Program reveals new advancements at Rutgers’ EARTH Center
For a half hour, representatives from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension EARTH Center shared recent and trending research and programs with the public, including the need for lead testing in urban gardens, the benefits of bio-energy crops and the econom…
New Jersey Gardens: Rutgers Cooperative Extension has help to start tomatoes from seed or seedlings
Right now, while there’s still slushy snow on the ground in some parts of the state, it’s time to think of tomatoes…Last year, seeds sold out early for the popular Ramapo tomato, but this year’s Ramapo seed supply is larger. This time, Moreton seeds …
New Jersey Businesses with Rutgers Ties Win “Local Hero” Awards
Two New Jersey companies, whose commercial start got a boost from Rutgers NJAES, were among the winners of Edible Jersey magazine’s 2013 Local Hero awards. First Field, a company that sells ketchup made from local tomatoes, was recognized as the Local Hero Food Artisan. First Field is among the New Jersey businesses to be incubated […]
Shell Fisheries Council sets seasons dates, talks quotas at March meeting
The New Jersey Shell Fisheries Council, Delaware Bay Section, convened for its monthly meeting on March 5, to discuss the state of oyster beds along the bay, and review the recommendations of scientists from the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Laboratory in B…