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March 5 - 12
Pour it on!
Green of spring, green of the Irish. It's becoming unavoidable. And when your clock jumps ahead into a new season this weekend, it's time to get moving!
The weeks ahead will be packed with events, so keep an eye on our calendar and watch out for our virtual efforts to keep you informed.
Sugar, Sugar!
Does thunder chase the sap back into the ground? What makes the sap rise? Why don’t you “stir the pot” when the sap is being cooked down? What is a “sugarbush”? Find the answers!
The sap is running hard and fast. In fact it will be difficult to avoid if you're out and about this month! This Saturday, March 7, there will be a presentation the history of maple sugaring and how to tap a real tree at the historic Van Nest Hoff Vannatta Farmstead in Harmony. Get over to the Delaware Water Gap NRA where Millbrook Village
will demonstrate 19th century style maple sugaring on Saturday, March 14. 10am - 3pm, 908/841-9531. OR you can visit
Hunterdon County’s
Maple Sugar Living History Program Open House on Saturday at the Echo Hill facility located at 42 Lilac Drive in Flemington. Tours run from 9am - 2pm, 908/782-1158. OR
get your maple fix as the sap runs this weekend at
Somerset Environmental Education Center
in Basking Ridge.
OR
you find them tapping the tap March 21-22 at the Sugarin' Open House at Lusscroft Farm
in Wantage where you can buy the fresh syrup after you watch its creation. 50 Neilson Road, 973/262-4732.
Rare Herps
When the first early spring rains come, thousands of salamanders, frogs and toads emerge from their winter slumber to make short stealthy migrations through the forest to breed and lay their eggs in vernal pools. The journey is often treacherous. (Photo: MacKenzie Hall)
As the season eases into milder temperatures at the onset of spring, all manner of creatures stretch their bodies and move more freely, searching for food and mates while they patrol their home turfs. Among these creatures are some of the most rare, interesting, and beautiful animals in the Garden State. Though they often go unnoticed or are misunderstood, reptiles and amphibians are vital to the balance of our fragile ecosystems—and some of them are in pretty big trouble.
Reporting for Duty
Newborns waste no time getting ready to join the herd at Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse where they (the cows) live outside, eating grass and being milked seasonally, and not indoors, being fed grain, animal by-products and hormones, and being milked to death. Happy cows make delicious natural cheese, the artisanal cheeses that Bobolink is known for. Take a tour this weekend and you'll find fresh Irish Soda bread at the bakery this weekend, just in time for St. Patty's festivities! 369 Stamets Rd, Milford (Hunterdon County) 08848, 908/86GRASS
My Summer Eduvacation
The serene atmosphere at Peters Valley invigorates a diverse community of artists.
Does this weather have you dreaming of warm summer days? Start planning ways to make the best of them! How about a class at Peters Valley Crafts Center? One of only six craft schools of its type in the country, and unique to Northwest New Jersey, it has grown from a small artists' collective in the early 1970s to a nationally recognized center for craft education. Here's what happened one summer...
Schooley's Elusive Spirit
Mysteries of the woods
Running northeast for twenty miles from Glen Gardner to Lake Hopatcong,
Schooley’s Mountain’s
steep sides rise to a broad top between the Musconetcong River and, for most of its length, the South Branch of the Raritan. The mountain presents a dichotomy of striking scenes from the past, interspersed with groups of modern homes and stores. Heavily traveled periphery highways are connected by a web of narrow rural roads that still meander as they did when “horse power” meant just that. The mountain’s southern portion holds routes worthy of exploring, hamlets for artists to ponder, and natural areas for hikers, all shrouded in tantalizing lore that begs a historian’s query.
Read on...
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Tap our calendar for the best events for you and your family, or check our current stories. Stay tuned to our Day Trip Map for good ideas for a scenic drive! For the more aerobically inclined, the
Outdoor Map
shows the way to go, or
choose among dozens of natural attractions or outdoor activities suggested on our website. Northwest New Jersey and destinations just beyond those borders, in Pennsylvania and New York, offer brilliant ways to get out and enjoy the pleasures of the season.
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