Surf City joins Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Harvey Cedars in adopting a fertilizer ordinance. Beach Haven is currently drafting one. Excess fertilizer runoff into the bay damages the bay. The ordinance chapter is called “Chemical Application Requirements” which regulates the use of fertilizers especially those high in phosphorus. Phosphorus is less desirable than…
The idea of protecting our Earth is slowly catching on with the increase in green products and services. There are so many small things that each individual can do to contribute to keeping Earth healthy. This time of year on Long Beach Island is exciting as the warm days increase and the cold ones disappear….
Oceanfront homes in Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island have new height exceptions. Refer to the ordinance below for details. [issuu viewmode=presentation layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=100406021756-2a75ab44404644788c396ca1e9fb31d1 docname=harveycedarsoceanfronts username=willykahl loadinginfotext=Harvey%20Cedars%20Long%20Beach%20Island%20Oceanfronts width=420 height=544 unit=px]
If you are considering selling your Long Beach Island home during this sluggish market, you need to price your home right the first time! A new listing should be correctly priced on the first day. A brand new listing is exciting, is shown more and, generally, SELLS FOR A HIGHER PRICE than older listings. Later,…
Joe Pop’s Shore Bar in Ship Bottom on Long Beach Island will have an outdoor dining area with a tiki bar this summer. The plans of the outdoor area include an eight foot-high bamboo fence to surround it in order to help protect neighbors from noise, lighting, and smoke. They will be open for business…
Our family lives on Long Beach Island year round and we never get tired of visiting Barnegat Lighthouse especially on a beautiful warm spring day. We got in the car and drove to Barnegat Light (it is much too far for our 4 and 5 year old to bike to but that is also a lot of…
An article in the SandPaper summarized how evacuation placards (window hangers) will be used during re-entry to LBI. If you missed the article, I summarized the main points below. A Long Beach Island re-entry plan was completed this March and submitted for approvals from the municipalities. The plan will limit access during an emergency situation….
Take One Green Step at a Time In a previous article, Living Green , I wrote about how to remodel your home the green way. You might not need to remodel your home but there are numerous little things a family can do each day to live green. I listed some classic setbacks when going green…
Are you trying to do your part to protect our resources? There is a variety of reasons to go green, but most come back to supply and demand. We have a limited amount of resources available and more and more people using them up. If we want our future generations to enjoy the same standard…
How to plant dune grass: Beach grass is sold in bundles of 50 or 100 culms (stems) Plant two stems per hole. Placing more than two stems per hole will increase competition for nutrients causing loss of plants Plants (holes) should be spaced 18″ apart. There should be 18″ between rows. The rows should be…