The back yard is home to a few scrub pines that are about 2 1/2 stories tall. One of them is completely dead – no needles in the canopy at all. I think they all might be problematic because up until a few months ago they were surrounded by a forest of trees that provided … Read more
Last night the temperature got down to 32*. I’m sure it will bounce back up again but there was frost on my car this morning when I was getting the kids ready for school so it’s officially getting cold at the Jersey Shore. Time for coats, time to put the veggie gardens to bed for … Read more
It started raining yesterday and continued through the night and most of today. Some of my sunchokes, which were standing nearly 10’ tall when the storms began, have fallen over into the driveway and the roots seem to be lifting up out of the soggy ground. I wasn’t sure if I should stake them up … Read more