Dan Walker and his wife, Carrie Warner, embarked on a new venture about a year ago when they purchased a corner lot with a house and parking lot on Route 9 and Tip Seaman Drive in Tuckerton.

GARDEN STATE: Jersey tomatoes and corn are chosen daily by Walker from farmers in Hammonton.

Walker was enthralled with the property because he is a railroad buff, and the property once was part of the Edge Cove spur of the Tuckerton Railroad (from 1871 to 1939) when vacationers to Long Beach and Tucker’s islands would take the train to Edge Cove, then take a steamship across the bay.