Garden Dilemmas, Delights & Discoveries, Ask Mary Stone, New Jersey Garden blog
Golden retriever Sara holding two tennis balls in her mouth

A Memory Trail Through Nature’s Fall Palette

A walk along the Paulinskill Valley Trail leads down a memory trail of beloved dogs, changing paths, and Mother Nature’s autumn palette—with a reminder that there is more than one way to go.
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Historic JC 81 railroad milepost beside the wooded Paulinskill Valley Trail and Paulins Kill

Finding Our Way Again Along the Paulins Kill

A walk along the Paulinskill Valley Trail brings railroad history, memories of the Paulina Dam, and lessons about restoration, resilience, and finding our way again.
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a pile of whilte six-foot long tubes along the Paulinskill Rail Trail

Preservation of the Paulins Kill River

Hello, fellow lovers of all things green. Over the weekend, we stumbled upon a stack of plastic tubing while walking the Paulinskill Valley Trail. I was delighted to see the tubes, as the trees they were protecting looked like they had outgrown them. This inspired revisiting when I fi
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Happt St. Patricks Day Clover in white pots.

St. Patrick and the Legend of Clover

Hello, fellow lovers of all things green, The fascinating history of St. Patrick leads to the legend of shamrocks featured in the holiday. Plus, the folklore of the four-leaf clover. While shopping in a nearby grocery I came upon cute little shamrocks on display for St. Patrick’
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