Salt Hay Farming
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Sporobolus pumilus, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt hay, is a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south along the eastern United States to the Caribbean and north-eastern Mexico.
Salt hay is a marsh grass that grows naturally along the Atlantic Seaboard, including in New Jersey’s Delaware Bay and Atlantic Coast. It has many uses, including as mulch, in road construction, and as insulation for septic tanks. Salt hay was also used to make rope, a tradition in South Jersey.
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Commercial Township Wetland Restoration Site
This former salt hay farm site is now a restored wetland that provides habitat for fish and other estuarine wildlife. It’s located at 5 Strawberry Avenue, Port Norris, NJ 08349. The site is open daily from one hour before dawn to one hour after dusk.
Also See
Clarence Berry
Recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on December 2, 2012
Port Norris Hay Rope Company - See more
This company was located just south of the Port Norris Hotel. The building had rope machines and salt hay piled to the rafters.
A Port Norris resident named Owen “Jack” Carney, Jr. learned to make salt-hay rope from his father, who established a rope factory in Port Norris in 1907. The factory was located on Memorial Avenue next to the baseball field.
Jack Carney was recognized as a Legend of Port Norris on November 3, 2018
SALT-HAY FARMING CHAPTER 5:
National Park Service From Marsh to Farm
The Landscape Transformation of Coastal New Jersey
(National Park Service Website)
George Campbell's salt hay farm, Bivavle, New Jersey, March 21, 1984
Photos: Joseph P. Czarnecki
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991023_222306_10 Library of Congress
Visit with George Campbell's salt hay farm G-Eldora; 34GT; 1-10, On the tractor going out to the ditching and banking site; 11-12, George, Gene Hunn, machine; 13-17, George and his machine; 18-19, Load of tires to be used for fill; 20-23, Salt hay bales; 24,
