Down to Earth Garden Tour hosted by the Green Thumb Garden Club

by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 27, 2024 | Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Features, Gardening, Somers Point, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Green Thumb Garden Club of Somers Point held its “Down to Earth Garden Tour” on Saturday, June 22. From rustic to refined, 10 gardens were featured on the tour that took attendees on an overview of Somers Point and its gardens. According...

Drawing from nostalgia for inspiration — Cypress vine and purple hyacinth bean vine

by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 20, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Over 20 years ago, when my two older children were preschool age, we lived near a wonderful hidden gem called Leaming’s Run Garden on Route 9 in Cape May County. The children could run through the meandering paths of this magical...

Carrying on the tradition of hand-picked, homemade grape leaves

by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 13, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, Food & Beverage, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Sandi Sharpe knew the call would come, she just wasn’t sure exactly when. You see, every year in June, (often around the same time as the Greek Festival) a small group of local women pay a visit to her Linwood vineyard to pick grape...

Make unique centerpieces from your own garden

by Cindy Fertsch | Jun 6, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Now that warmer weather has taken hold, our gardens are blooming their little hearts out. We’ve reached that sweet spot of warm days and cool nights. Sun-loving flowers are happily blooming, even those that don’t like extreme heat. Some...

Embracing the shady garden

by Cindy Fertsch | May 23, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Have you ever visited a sunny garden bursting with big beautiful flowers and come down with a case of garden envy? You can almost sense those flower heads gloating at you, knowing that when you return home, a plain, shady garden awaits...

Set the garden table for New Jersey’s state butterfly, the black swallowtail

by Cindy Fertsch | May 16, 2024 | Atlantic County, Features, Gardening, South Jersey, Tammy Thornton

Let It Grow By Tammy Thornton Those of us living along the Jersey Shore often find ourselves playing host throughout the warmer seasons of the year. Of course, we must feed our hungry guests. What might surprise us is to see them nibbling on our parsley, dill, or...