The First Day of Raking Hay

In an earlier time, farm boys learned to drive tractors as soon as their legs were long enough to reach the pedals. For me and my cousin, Al, this was the summer of 1960…

By Harold Herzog

The Black River Journal Summer Issue 2010

The Gardens of Maculloch Hall

Maculloch Hall boasts the oldest garden in Morris County. A large lawn runs alongside the garden area, with convenient benches from which to view the splendor of its original plantings, landscape features, and seasonal blooms…

Photos by Stan Freeny

 

The Pottersville Farm Market

Local growers from family farms in the Pottersville area are joining with fellow agrarians, food artisans, eager shoppers, friends, family, and neighbors for the Pottersville Farm Market

By Lee Wolfe

 

Fields of Clover

The day I’ve always dreaded is fast approaching. It is the day I will have to part with my sheep -- my beloved ovines...

By William D. Trego

 

What’s Hatching

Summer hatches offer a wide variety of insects to both the trout and the angler…

By Jim Holland

 

The Salamanders of Swartswood

Our sneakers mucked up and dampened, we edged away into the woods to investigate what lay under such logs and large stones as began to come into view…

By Bruce Litton

 

The Black River: Getting Reacquainted With an Old Friend

The Black River is said to have gotten its name and midnight hue from the shade of the steep hills and dense looming forest…but an ancient Native American legend recounts a different reason for the river’s black and rocky waters...

By C.G. Wolfe

 

Fairmount Market & Nursery

“Oh my…this is the cutest place I’ve ever seen!” Is the excited reaction from customers who stop here for the first time…

By Lee Wolfe

 

Furniture Wrought from Iron: Forging a Place in the American Garden

With its beautiful interlocking foliate and floral motifs, and its natural strength, cast and wrought iron furniture has become the outdoor furniture of choice in many well-groomed landscape designs...

By Natalie Fleming

 

Apple & Brie Gobblers

This quick and easy sandwich is perfect for picnics, lunches, or a light midnight snack...

By Dottie McDermott

 

Hacklebarney

Is There Truth to This Legend or is a Bit of Hackle”Blarney”?

By C.G. Wolfe

 

Mob “Hit” in Hacklebarney

On Sunday night, March 12, 2000, Hacklebarney State Park entered the annals of television history and triviadom during a brutal scene in the HBO hit series, The Sopranos…

By C.G. Wolfe

 

 

Summer 2010 Issue

Cover Story

Fields of Clover

 

The First Day of Raking Hay

 

The Gardens of Maculloch Hall

The Gardens of Maculloch Hall

The Pottersville Farm Market

The Pottersville Farm Market

The Salamanders of Swartswood

The Salamanders of Swartswood

The Black River

The Black River

The Fairmount Market & Nursery

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