"...Not Even a Mouse."
Each year as the weather begins to cool and frosty temperatures arrive; the mice begin to stir looking for a warmer abode. Soon enough...
"Grist from Abbott's Mill"
Not the same old grind!
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The Old Mills in Northwest Fork and Seaford Hundreds, Sussex County, Delaware
The Old Mills in Northwest and Seaford Hundreds Business Interests [1888] In the early history of this section the mill-seats were well...
Reindeer Season is Open
With a little time, tools, and effort, you can turn a piece of fallen wood into the absolute icon of the North and the Season. The...
Mills in Broad Creek and Nanticoke Hundreds
Broad Creek Hundred Mills Ed. note: Today I was given copies of three pictures of Walter Hearn's Concord Grist Mill. I have no idea when...
Going Nuts !
The last fleshy fruits of summer are waning and our paths are covered with acorns, walnuts, and hickory nuts. Gone are the strawberries,...
Grist Mills in Lower, Lower Delaware
In the southeast corner of Sussex County there were so few mills that this week I'm going to review four of the most southern Hundreds of...
A Tangled Web
Many times our attention is first called to the presence of a spider by their web. Indeed, members of the related groups of spiders, will...
The Millsboro Area Grist Mills - II
Like Milford, Millsboro straddles the river that separates two hundreds, Indian River Hundred and Dagsboro Hundred in this case. In my...
Signature Spiders (Golden Garden Spider)
Quite often even people with arachnophobia are not unduly afraid of garden spiders. Perhaps this is because they are large, colorful and...
The Millsboro Area Grist Mills - I
The Indian River Hundred Business Interests in 1888 Business Interests of the hundred are confined to a few small trading points and the...
Black (ish) Snakes
Hopefully this article will answer some questions you may have about three “black” snake species that have been spotted on Nature...
Pawpaws, The other "Fruit of the Gods"
I'm not sure when I first heard of Pawpaws. I was raised three thousand miles west of Delaware in southern Oregon and the far...
Mills in the Lewes - Rehoboth area
by Harrison_Howeth April 9, 2019 HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND "GOSLEE MILL POND" Scharf's History of Delaware gives the first...
Mysterious Mushrooms (Or, Fungi [fun-guy])
August is often referred to as the mushroom month when in reality some types can be found during all seasons of the year. The greatest...
The Old Red Mill
It seems as if every state has at least one “Old Red Mill”, but size-challenged Delaware once had at least three of them. One of them,...
Swamp Sweets
Last week I was walking on the trail bordering Abbott’s Pond on the Morton Tract and was surprised by a lovely fragrance drifting on the...
The Old Mills on the Broadkiln River, aka Broadkill Creek
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Milkweed Mania
Milkweeds get their name from the fact that many, but not all of the family, have milky-white sap that oozes from the broken edges of...
The Old Mills on Prime Hook Creek
Editor's Note: Sorry about the delay in getting this posted. For some unknown reason I was unable to access this Blog Editor. SC This...
Got the Blues?
Tasty little morsels that pop in your mouth that are loaded with flavor and nutrients, blueberries are hard to beat. We have several...