Mortgage Lifter, Brandywine, Ramapo, Supersonic, Cherokee Purple. How do tomato varieties get these unique and sometimes odd names? There may not be as many colorful stories as there are intriguing names, but some stand out, as in the case of the heirloom tomato, Mortgage Lifter. The story goes that in the 1930s a West Virginia […]
Community
New Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture Project Draw LA Interns
This summer, a new service-learning internship that brings together faculty and students with members of the New Brunswick Community Garden Coalition got underway. “Gardening the Garden State” is a community gardens and urban agriculture research project based in the Rutgers Department of Landscape Architecture. The internship program is funded through a Rutgers Community-University Research Partnership […]
Cresting Wave by Day, Luminescent Organisms by Night: Origins of IMCS Sculpture
Have you ever wondered where the sculpture in front of Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences building came from? Who is the artist? Does it have a name? New Jersey sculptor Clyde Lynds is known for his technique of mixing concrete sculptural forms with fiber optics, while incorporating themes from history, astronomy and science. Many […]
Time for the Great Jersey Tomato Tasting
Does the opportunity to challenge your palette with nearly 60 varieties of freshly picked tomatoes excite you? Do you know the difference between Mortgage Lifter and Jersey Devil? Would you like to visit a 350-acre research farm on the one afternoon of…
Rutgers Water Resources Study How to Make Car Washes More “Green”
Car wash events are a popular fundraising activity for youth clubs in New Jersey and all over the nation. Often the dirty car wash runoff is directed into the storm drain system where it discharges directly to local lakes and streams. A recent study conducted by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) and published in the Journal […]
Annual Great Tomato Tasting at Rutgers Snyder Farm Aug. 28
If there’s one thing New Jerseyans never tire of, it’s great tasting tomatoes. The annual Great Tomato Tasting event, now celebrating its 23rd year, is a great way to taste and compare different varieties of tomatoes from the Garden State. The tomato tasting festival is the premier summer event of the Rutgers Clifford E. and […]
Christie defeats Buono in Cockroach Derby
The gubernatorial race took center stage in the city Thursday, when candidates, of sorts, faced off in a race. Two giant hissing Madagascar cockroaches, dubbed "Christie Roach" in honor of Republican incumbent Gov. Chris Christie and "Buono…
Rutgers Water Resources Program Administers New Rain Garden Initiative
The New Jersey Water Supply Authority, based in Somerville, NJ, is offering borough residents the opportunity to participate in a new initiative to construct rain gardens on their properties to keep rain water from overwhelming the storm sewers and tributaries of the Peter Brook. The authority, which previously held workshops for residents to construct rain […]
Garden Field Day at Rutgers EARTH Center Aug. 17
On August 17, The EARTH Center, home to Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County, will host its Garden Field Day and Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave. South Brunswick, NJ, and is great day of fun for the family in […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: The Bug That Moved Orchards
As the old Frank Sinatra song “High Hopes” goes, “anyone knows an ant can’t move a rubber tree plant,” unless, of course, “he’s got HIGH hopes.” So how could an insect move orchards? No high hopes needed, just piercing/sucking mouth parts that suck plant juices from twigs, branches, fruit and foliage. Such is the case […]
