Butterflies in the Garden

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Cape May – Garlic chives. How could a plant with a name like that prove irresistible to swarms of Painted Ladies?  The white flowers hit their peak bloom in our garden in early September, just as the first crush of Ladies was passing through. Of course they had to stop and grab some nectar for [...]

Slow Food Potluck Dinner

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Date: March 19, 2012 When: 5:30PM-7:30PM Where West Cape May Borough Hall How Much Potluck item Bring a homecooked item to this Slow Food Potluck dinner and hear about an unusual protein eaten in the vast majority of nations. Insects. More than 1,000 insects – including grasshoppers, crickets and ants- get  gobbled up by folks around [...]

Cape May Dining Farm to Table Style

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Cape May, NJ – Two guys stand in a hundred foot long greenhouse, sizing up the winter spinach.  They’re deep in conversation about the status of the greens – are they too tough, too tender, just right?   They reach down to nibble some lettuce – and at that moment, you just know these two [...]

Cape May’s Early Spring Daffodils

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Cape May, NJ – There’s nothing like that first bunch of daffodils in the Spring to stir up spring fever.   I  found the earliest bloomers last week on Stevens St. in West Cape May.  Now, it’s a week later. I want more. I do have some parameters for my searching.  In addition to early blooming, [...]

Thoughts on Weeding

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Cape May, NJ – I grab a a dandelion-like rosette of leaves and give it a firm yank. There had been rain the day before, so the ground is soft. I slowly, carefully pull out the entire unwanted plant, with six inches of long white taproot. Nothing left to resprout a month from now. Oh [...]