Brevoort C. Conover, a former Warren County 4-H Agent and New Jersey State 4-H Youth Development department chair, died peacefully at his home in Bethlehem, Pa on April 13, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was 83. Conover proudly served as faculty of…
Grafting apple trees to be shown at Rutgers’ Snyder Farm in Franklin Township
Want to learn the how’s and why’s of propagating apple trees and changing varieties with the age-old techniques of grafting? Then come to the last class in this spring’s Rutgers Snyder Farm Home Orchard Series…Both classroom instruction a…
N.J.’s most-hated insects: scary stink bugs, deadly bees, misunderstood mosquitoes
Insects can be scary, like stink bugs, even deadly, like mosquitoes. There have been 33 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in New Jersey residents this year, and one elderly Burlington County man died this month. But mosquitoes aren’…
