Fifty-one weeks a year this is just an interesting building on the shore of Wing Pond. But one week in October, the doors are open, the pump is pumping, and the water flows from the pond to the bog to start the cranberry harvest.
Cranberry Harvest at Bourne Farm, 2017
Fresh Cape Cod cranberries are starting the journey from bog to Thanksgiving table. This was the scene yesterday at the back bog at the Bourne Farm bogs. Did you know this is the oldest still working cranberry bog?
Stay tuned this week for more cranberry posts.
Ode to a Cranberry Harvest
I don’t know what stage of harvest these bogs are in, but they’re clearly active. Here are some pictures I took of the bogs that abut Brookside, Tuesday, Nov. 1. The late afternoon sun made them glow like a 19th century pastoral!
