They both sold out to developments over 15 years ago.
The best peach farm on right side of us. I use to go with the farmer to pick out special peach trees up north. I trim them so when trees were ready they produced the biggest and sweetest peached you ever tasted. (The neighbor kids use to come and steal them).
They also grew sweet corn and strawberries. We canned everything.
Tomato fields in back of us. And acres of Giant While Pine Groves.
The chain saws came and the entire white pine grove went down - That was the hardest. I used to climb those big white pines. They were there when the native Indians where still in the area. You could walk for miles with bare feet and pine needles under your feet and catch the smell of pine when the breeze blew.
So cool in a hot summer day.
That's is something I really believe the NJ park control should have stepped in and kept for the public.
I still live in the farmhouse. About 90 years old and no changes have been made to this house since it was built. The new neighbors made me get rid of my chicken and duck because it was digging up their flower beds. (A chicken my grandfather took in because it was missing a leg. A duck that was mean as heck and no one else wanted it! )
The deer are gone, the skunks are gone and all the rest now. Including the crows.
The windows in this old farm house leak but it is still sturdy and strong.
Now, I have fences sounding the house. I have to keep my dogs on a leash. Cars honking at me because I have to go slow to get in my driveway. It's like grand central station here now.
There is a fast food places down the road now.
Garbage bags and paper products from fast foods are toss out to this old country road.
So if you got a farm. Keep it because your old country road will be just like mine is now!
Jane
