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...
"Grist from Abbott's Mill"
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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...
The Old Mills on Cedar Creek, part III
This week we're finally going to finish our trip up Cedar Creek, and we'll visit the last two, no, make that the last three mill sites....
Poison Ivy - "It'll Make You Itch !!"
A few days ago a neighbor asked me if the vine with leaves in groups of five that was growing against her shed was poison oak. She had...
Saving the American Chestnut tree.
I haven't completed the research for my next edition of "Old Mills on Cedar Creek," so this week I'm using the opportunity to talk about...
An Orchid for M'Lady
Four weeks ago the subject was the Pink Moccasin Flower (Cypripedium acaule). This is the largest orchid growing in our area. There are...
The Old Mills on Cedar Creek-Part II
Cubbage Mill In 1769, John Draper and Luke Walton petitioned the Sussex County Court to erect a gristmill on the north fork of Cedar...
Ode to a Wild Rose
My grandparents and great grandparents moved to Delaware in 1914 at the beginning of the mass migration of Swiss/German families to...
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