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…
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…
Three Rahway students receive 4-H Science Week Scholarships
This summer’s 4-H Science Week at Rutgers University featured a wide variety of projects, including a sustainability-themed experiment in dividing reclaimed concrete to make landscaping blocks. Science Week is a statewide program designed to encourage …
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 […]
Mercer County Insect Festival Coming Sept. 7
Seven demonstration gardens highlight the 11th annual Insect Festival sponsored by the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County on Sept. 7, 1-4 p.m. at the Mercer Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City Road, Hopewell Township. The demonstrations will …
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…
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 […]
From The Ground Up: Tackling some of the questions North Jersey gardeners have on their minds
Mid-August is the perfect time for me to take a break from all the toil and soil and answer some of the questions North Jersey gardeners have on their minds. Even in the midst of the dog days of summer, I was able to track down a couple of experts to h…
New Jersey Youth Participate in State 4-H Horse Show Aug. 23-25
4-H horse club members from throughout the state will be participating in the New Jersey State 4-H Championship Horse Show, Aug. 23-25, at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown, NJ in Monmouth County. Over 200 4-H members from throughout New Jersey will gather to compete in the English, Western, Dressage, Driving, Very Small […]
Farming tradition fading
In July, Sunny Red Farm in Southampton closed. Its owners, Wayne and Roberta Shontz, sold the last of their dairy cows, and an auction company drove onto their farm and removed trucks and equipment. They had been raising dairy cows on their land along …
