Nadine Krasnow, CRS
Here’s what I jokingly call Bog Lake, the bog for a couple of days after the harvest, as the waters flow back naturally into Wing Pond. Very quiet and peaceful, unlike the roar from machinery during the few harvest days.
I’ve heard the bog manager say that the number of dogs running loose here since the lockdown, without proper cleanup, are the worst problem the bogs have had in many decades. Clean up after your pooches, dog parents! Keep our bogs safe.
Handy Cranberry Trust brought the propane in this week to power the pump that moves the water from Wing Pond to the bog, to flood it for the harvest that will take place any day now. Take a look!
Today’s the day! Henry, the manager who’s been here over 50 years, is on the yellow machine. I talked to Israel, overseeing ground operations this morning.
This bog, the oldest continuously operating cranberry bog in MA, was being flooded Tuesday with water from adjacent Wing Pond (and with machinery and a process at least decades-old). The rest of the harvest will happen over the next few days.
The bogs are flooded, and at this one at Thos Landers and Turner Rd, they’re ready for harvesting. Love this annual connection to our past!
