{"id":3658,"date":"2026-10-20T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2026-10-20T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:02:00","slug":"october-2026-in-northern-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/october-2026-in-northern-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2026 in Northern New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261017_160940061.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261017_160940061.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3663\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cool crisp air of October is here and the weather has been very enjoyable with mild temperatures overall.  The children are settled into their school routine and this is the unofficial start of the holiday season.  The holiday season starts with Halloween and north jersey delivers with ubiquitous holiday displays installed  on  homes and businesses.  There is also the simultaneous Harvest season with displays of pumpkins bundles of hay.  Even the trees get into the act displaying their colorful &#8220;Autumn Lights&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261017_190651869.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261017_190651869.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3664\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Oriental Spicebush showing its fall colors<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite it&#8217;s name  &#8220;Oriental Spicebush&#8221; is non-invasive and is  is native to Northern New Jersey. Oriental Spicebush  is a vital host plant for the spicebush swallowtail butterfly, the eastern tiger swallowtail, and the promethea silkmoth. Its nutrient-dense red berries are a primary food source for migrating songbirds.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncwildflower.org\/northern-spicebush-lindera-benzoin-a-great-shrub-for-birds-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261016_143729416-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PXL_20261016_143729416-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3668\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Maple displays its red leaves along Union Valle Road in West Milford, N.J.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cool crisp air of October is here and the weather has been very enjoyable with mild temperatures overall. The children are settled into their school routine and this is the unofficial start of the holiday season. The holiday season &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/october-2026-in-northern-new-jersey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north_jersey_living"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}