The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission (The Friends) will hold its fall Freecycling event on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the East Brunswick High School. Freecycling is a way for residents to pass items they no longer need onto others who could use them. Freecycle is a network of people in the U.S. and […]
Middlesex County
Ecologist’s forest created in Bradley Beach gains interest as a natural storm barrier
Three years ago, ecologist Alek Modjeski began planning a maritime forest on less than a half acre at Fletcher Lake. Now, nearly a year after superstorm Sandy devastated the Shore area, his small forest, completed Sept. 28, is being hailed as an exampl…
Middlesex County 4-H Fundraiser Halloween Tricky Tray
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County 4-H will host a Halloween Tricky Tray, on Saturday Oct. 12, 2013 at the County 4-H Center, 645 Cranbury Rd., East Brunswick. Doors will open at 6:00 pm and the drawing will start at 7:00 pm. Admission to the event is $15 and includes a page of tickets. Guests […]
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County Offers Composting Workshops in October
Middlesex County residents can learn how to reduce waste and improve their soil by composting yard waste and kitchen scraps in their backyards. An overview of this waste-reducing technique will be presented at two free composting seminars held at the Middlesex County EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Avenue in South Brunswick. […]
What’s in Season from the Garden State: Orange is the New Black Friday
VonThun Farms of Monmouth Junction, NJ, is a regular vendor at the Highland Park Community Farmer’s Market every season. As the days grow crisp and fall is in the air, VonThun’s end their participation in the community market, even though the market is open for many more weeks. Did they run out of produce and […]
Fighting Empty Pantries and Calories: More Local Healthy Food in New Brunswick
New Brunswick Mayor Cahill Visits Community Farm Market’s Latest Location Downtown It’s lunchtime on Wednesday in downtown New Brunswick. There are plenty of establishments to grab a bite to eat – fast food places, cafes, coffee and frozen yogurt shops, but now there’s something else you can grab while downtown – all the fixings for […]
Middlesex County Master Gardener Program Now Enrolling 2013-14 Classes
A new season of Rutgers Master Gardener classes will be starting soon at the Middlesex County EARTH Center in South Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer both daytime and evening programs. Orientation will be on Thursday Sept. 12at 6:30 p.m. for the evening class and Friday, Sept. 13 at 9:30 a.m. […]
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 […]
Master Gardener Program Returns In September
A new season of Rutgers Master Gardener classes will be starting soon at the Middlesex County EARTH Center in South Brunswick. Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County will offer both daytime and evening programs. Orientation will be on Thursd…
Cutting-edge lawn, garden science at open house
Matt Milburn of Milltown, a Kean University undergraduate, has been interning with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension to research which grasses are the hardiest for New Jersey lawns. On Saturday at the EARTH Center at Davidson’s Mill Pond Park, he was a…
