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December 12 - 19
The Holly and the Ivy
Louise Hyde's beautiful and unique evergreen wreaths, sprays and arrangements are among the items available at Well-Sweep Herb Farm's Christmas gift shop.
Symbolic connections with nature come alive when Christmas is on the horizon. Enduring emblems of the season, holly, ivy, and your Christmas tree symbolize resilience and vitality, flourishing even in the darkest, coldest months of the year when most of the natural landscape lies dormant.
Fun and Function
Wilbur's Country Store is stuffed with great ideas for Christmas like fabulous Christmas puddings and cakes, crackers, biscuits, Taylers Christmas Tea, and Kipling's mince pies - all with a British touch of charm, heritage, and humor. And there are Yankee candles, wind chimes, pet-themed gifts, preserves, and much more to be found in a rustic barn complex between Newton and Blairstown. 735 Route 94, Newton 07860, 908/362-8833
Go with the grain
Loaves and baguettes at the Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse include (counterclockwise from right): Garlic duckfat ciabatta, local baguettes, cranberry walnut breadstick, rosemary epi, heirloom Fife, medieval baguette, Flax Armadillo loaf, rustic olloaf, Petit levain, cranberry walnut loaf.
There is now a proliferation of literature telling us to avoid wheat altogether, but the great news is that the nutritious and varying flours can be baked into nutritious and varying breads, season by season, loaf by loaf. It just requires that food makers relinquish their expectation that flour be exactly the same from harvest to harvest. See how its done, and look forward to an informative trip to Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse, where Nina Stein White and her staff have produced millions of healthy and delicious breads! and where they also produce grass-fed beef and make artisanal cheeses is also the place where 369 Stamets Rd, Milford (Hunterdon County), 908/86GRASS. Or order online!
Pit Stop
The gouges and cuts that scarred the earth made way for early industrial commerce in Northwest New Jersey.
Before you're inundated with holiday commitments, take advantage of the opportunity for a walk that can reveal more than you can imagine in the barren woods. With a little research your town might transform from a collection of ordinary suburban neighborhoods to one of great historical significance! Explore the site of the Elizabeth Mine in Rockaway, one of a number of iron ore operations that comprised the Mount Hope Mine, which produced about six million tons of iron ore and, from its forge and furnace, cast iron products such as Revolutionary War cannonballs.
Million Dollar Highway
Seen from Promontory Rock, Mt. Tammany rises across the river in New Jersey.
Lost history of the Delaware Water Gap area comes to light along a short drive along the Delaware River north of Portland, PA, where the long-awaited re-opening of PA Route 611 has finally come to pass. A few stops along the way to get out and walk a bit reveal some of the area's old resort sites, all now gone. Of the lost resorts, the largest and most lavish were on the Pennsylvania side of the river.
Sunday School
As the holidays progress, consider the church as the predominant link in our history. The history of worship in Morris County is older than the county itself, which prior to its establishment in 1739, had been home to settlers in the eastern regions since 1695. Settlements in the western portion came soon thereafter, in the early 1700s. And the building of churches began. Many of today's congregations in the western part of the county can claim a heritage traced to the Roxiticus congregation, circa 1738. A Sunday afternoon drive reveals extraordinary beauty in these grand country churches. More...
Fa la la la la la la la la!
Choose from thousands of Beautiful Christmas Trees on this family-run farm on reserved farmland. Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Pine, Scotch Pine Fraser Fir, Canaan fir, Douglas Fir. Crafters and wagon rides on weekends! 77 Jackson Valley Rd., Washington. (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.)
Schedule an elegant holiday celebration, a tasty visit to a brewery or winery, dinner and a show, or your winter sojourn along the Appalachian Trail! Sign up for the Warren County Wanderings newsletter, your guide post of discovery and a nexus of community in a culturally rich and environmentally singular area.
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