Famous for its tartness and beautiful color, the cranberry is an essential part of Thanksgiving, as well as Cape Cod's namesake cocktail.
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Each acre of planted cranberries, in accordance with Massachusetts law, must be surrounded by four acres of wetlands.
The variety grown by most growers on the Cape is early black, which although is it the most costly and difficult variety to grow, provides a rich, dark color to the juice.
Welcome back Lou and thanks for these lovey colorful pics and all the info in true Lou style.
Much appreciated, but take it easy and don't be horsing around that 400 2.8
Martin
Well I always say I attempt to learn something new every day.
So Lou - today you've taught me something new. I had no idea how cranberries grow & now I know. Well, from you I learned the harvesting part - I did a search online to find out the rest.
Very interesting & I'm happy got a chance to photograph this.
Feel better & know that your online friends are thinking about you.
Rob Tillyer wrote:
Great job Lou, it does a man's heart good to see all that colour. Thanks for the info.
Rob
Thanks Rob and yes it does feel good just seeing this harvest taking place. That Tractor Trailer is just about full and their are still two boats of berrys to go in the one bog.
Lou
Wow, this is pretty cool. I never realized cranberries were farmed this way.
Your "old 20D" has produced the nicest and most colorful images I've seen from you. I would ditch the other gear and just use that from now on!
Martin Good wrote:
Welcome back Lou and thanks for these lovey colorful pics and all the info in true Lou style.
Much appreciated, but take it easy and don't be horsing around that 400 2.8
Martin
O Boy Martin I should have put the 400 2.8 in my wagon as I gave that to my son as I'm not suppose to drive for awhile so leting him take it keeps me a bit more under control and 12/1/2 Lbs would definetly be having me into a do over and I really don't look foward to that. Hey thanks
Lou
Lil Judd wrote:
Well I always say I attempt to learn something new every day.
So Lou - today you've taught me something new. I had no idea how cranberries grow & now I know. Well, from you I learned the harvesting part - I did a search online to find out the rest.
Very interesting & I'm happy got a chance to photograph this.
Feel better & know that your online friends are thinking about you.
Lil
Thanks Lil and I be you found some good reading. I will be house and property bound for a few weeks but it is for my own good plus I bet Medicare would give me a hard time about doing it over, and then theres the Doctor I would hear from. Can't lift more than 5 Lbs. with my left arm and no driving for at least a week. So the litle critters and birds that frequent my backyard may get their photo taken a few times. The timing of us running on this Bog Harvest and the light and me having a camera in the car was just unbelievable and could not be planed better
Lou
georgew wrote:
Thank You for the post, very interesting, real nice photography, GeorgeW
Hi George, good to hear from you and thanks. Say Irv and Herb will be heading for the Dam soon for maybe 3 days. Maybe you will bump into them when feeding time comes for all you Putty Kats
Lou
z06jim wrote:
Nice shots & very interesting too....Those ducks look like they're having quite the feast....
HA-HA yeah if they eat cranberrys they would be but no they are just floating about in them and will dive for food. It is only about 2 feet when they flood the bog for harvesting. This is no water when the berrys are growing on the bottom of the bog. That machine is riding along like a small kelp harvester but it is releaseing the berrys from their plant so they float to the top. Thanks for the look and drink plenty of it, great drink and good for you.
Lou
musclepics wrote:
Wow, this is pretty cool. I never realized cranberries were farmed this way.
Your "old 20D" has produced the nicest and most colorful images I've seen from you. I would ditch the other gear and just use that from now on!
Thanks musclepics, yes the 20D has been a good camera from day one for me so I keep it in the wagon with a 28 to 135 lens and a 300 F4 all the time. As for the color well it has to be there to start and those berrys have a lot of color. Plus having perfect light helped a lot also. It was a perfect day for a photo.
Lou
jdben622 wrote:
Amazing!! I did not have a clue that this is how those little red delights were raised. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks jdben622 and now you know where that bottol on the shelf at the market starts out from. I am happy to share these with all. As LIl found out it is an interesting read for a search.
Lou
I have seen this on TV Lou, found it fascinating on the growing and cultivating procedures. I always wondered what those berries would look like as a background with some waterfowl on them, now I know Such a rich coloring on the berries, that cranberry-mower looks like a fun tool
Looks like a beautiful area Lou, bet this 'charged your batteries up'
You take good care, listen to what the doctor says, put that 400 2.8 down its too heavy!
Hey Lou, thanks for the east coast cranberry report They grow a ton of them on the WA and OR coasts also. It is fascinating to watch the whole process and you documented it so well
