Posted by Wardner on December 15, 2007 at 20:46:16 from (4.154.245.6):
In Reply to: Re: Farming on water posted by Zach Bouchard on December 15, 2007 at 19:26:39:
The odd thing about cranberry bogs in MA is you don't really see many while driving. It is totally different when the terrain is viewed from an airplane. There are hundreds of them in southeast MA. I think MN also harvests a big crop.
Although most of the bogs are south of Boston, I do live about five miles from one located 20 miles north of Boston. I have never seen any activity on the bog.
They are a perennial bush and don't need cultivation or planting. At harvest, the bog is flooded and a float with beaters knocks off the berries. A crew with hand rakes comes in to gather the berries to an elevator that loads trailer dumps. One has to wonder why blueberry growers don't use the same bog technique. Maybe blueberries are too soft.
It may be possible to run a cranberry bog using no ag tractors. I am sure the entire process is explained somewhere on the net. Start with Wikipedia or Google.
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