"Grist from Abbott's Mill"

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...

The last fleshy fruits of summer are waning and our paths are covered with acorns, walnuts, and hickory nuts. Gone are the strawberries,...

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...

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...

Like Milford, Millsboro straddles the river that separates two hundreds, Indian River Hundred and Dagsboro Hundred in this case. In my...

Quite often even people with arachnophobia are not unduly afraid of garden spiders. Perhaps this is because they are large, colorful and...

The Indian River Hundred Business Interests in 1888 Business Interests of the hundred are confined to a few small trading points and the...

Hopefully this article will answer some questions you may have about three “black” snake species that have been spotted on Nature...

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...

by Harrison_Howeth April 9, 2019 HISTORY OF CAPE HENLOPEN AND BEYOND "GOSLEE MILL POND" Scharf's History of Delaware gives the first...

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...

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,...

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...

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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...

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...

Tasty little morsels that pop in your mouth that are loaded with flavor and nutrients, blueberries are hard to beat. We have several...

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....

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...

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...