My name is John. I am 90 years old, and I have been 90 for a long, long time. I am by myself in my home, Cooch-Dayett Mill. I have been here by myself, mostly on the third floor, since the 1980’s when the mill closed. I witnessed the fires that struck the Mill in 1933 …
By Michele Wales, Farm Program Coordinator The Spanish call it Azafran, to the French it is Safran, the Japanese named it Safuran, and the Portuguese identify it as Agafrao. No matter how it is translated, saffron is the most exotic, mysterious and possibly the oldest spice used by man. And it is growing at the …
By Helen Fischel, Associate Director, Education Once the rain subsided last weekend, I ventured out to my Delaware Nature Society-certified backyard habitat to begin the fall clean-up. I was surprised to find several trees that were rubbed by deer in the side yard. Ugly scars in vertical stripes adorned the trees. Since the damage was only …
By John Harrod, Manager, Dupont Environmental Education Center This past Thursday was a great fall day for an outing on the Christina River with a clear sky and a light breeze. On this day, the Delaware Nature Society led a late afternoon historic river cruise. Participants were treated to accounts of the river by …
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