Tag: gardening

  • Winter Woods

    Winter Woods

    By: Dare Euler, RNJCC Strategic Advisor Leaves, those productive energy factories of spring and summer, lay crunchy on the ground at the mercy of blasts from northern winds. They tumble at the base of the trees they nurtured. White almost sepulchral limbs of sycamores claw at gray skies.  Yet in what at first glance seems…

  • The Fruits of My Garden 

    The Fruits of My Garden 

    By: Alex Mackay, Social Media Intern There’s nothing quite as satisfying as the fruits of your labor, or in my case, the plants of my garden. The idea of going to my yard and just picking the ingredients for my dinner has always been a goal of mine, and only recently have I been able…

  • Watermelon in Spring

    Watermelon in Spring

    By: Jonathan Kocsis, Lead Intern It was early one morning with frost lining the ground and the air cold and nippy as I walked through the outdoor section at my local hardware store. Surrounded by plants in brackets hanging above my head, by the new trees ready to be planted, my 9-year-old self felt as…

  • Finding Home in Saddler’s Woods

    Finding Home in Saddler’s Woods

    By: Acer Paiste, Saddler’s Woods Conservation Association Intern, Rewild NJ Network Member When I first moved from the sprawling forests of Medford to the Haddon Hills apartments on Pyle Avenue, I felt displaced. Medford’s dense woods had always felt like a second home to me. It was a stabilizing presence in my life, nurturing me…

  • Blooming Highways

    Blooming Highways

    By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern Imagine you are driving down the highway surrounded not by concrete buildings and asphalt, but by beautiful native floral habitats. This vision is becoming a reality in New Jersey as organizations such as the South Jersey Transportation Authority have begun to plant pollinator gardens along major roadways. The…

  • “And The Corn Remembered The Land”: Utilizing Indigenous Ingredients

    “And The Corn Remembered The Land”: Utilizing Indigenous Ingredients

    By: Ty “Dancing Wolf” Ellis, RNJCC Strategic Advisor Food sovereignty is among one of the top priorities as far as Indigenous People are concerned. And in a time where the markets are continuously fluctuating, relearning and reconnecting to the ways of utilizing what the Earth provides becomes critical. Not onlydoes it bring us closer to…

  • The Loop of Self-Sufficiency

    The Loop of Self-Sufficiency

    By: Anna Bergen, Outreach & Engagement Intern When transforming your backyard into a self-sustaining ecosystem, it’s best to start with simplicity. My family is trying to mimic natural cycles, within a contained space, that being my own backyard. At my house, we have a rainwater collector, which contains and stores water that can be used…