Ep. 289 : Wild Cranberry Harvest
I am in love with Cranberries. I have loved them for a long time. When I ended up in a bog full of Wild Large Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) last year, I knew I had to come back again and harvest some.
The plan worked out and this year, on a beautiful early Autumn day, I got to hike out to that very same bog with a couple of pals and harvest a small buckets worth, for cookies, for sauce, for crumble and for joy.
I didn’t know much about the natural history of Cranberries until now, but as is the case with this radio/podcast project, I learn with the shows.
Hope you enjoy!
To learn more :
Michigan Shrubs and Vines by Burton V. Barnes, Christopher W. Dick, and Melanie E. Gunn. University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Natures Garden by Samuel Thayer. Forager’s Harvest, 2010.
The Book of … Swamp and Bog by John Eastman and Amelia Hansen. Stackpole Books, 1995.
