We didn't really know that cranberries grew in WI and was pleasantly surprised by this cute little town. I'll have to tell you about our campground. Poor Bill and Marilyn they have followed us into some peculiar campgrounds. (I used that word instead of crummy) The campground was nice, but thought you were going to the endof the world. We got set up and ventured into town, of course it didn't take nearly as long to get back into town. By the way I found the cmpgd on our WI map. Looked it up on the internet and it sounded fine. Sure enough it was. Anyway we toured the center, very informative and put together very well.
This is what a bog looks like. When the berries are ripe, they flood the bogs, so they can harvest them. To water them they have sprinklers scattered thru out.
These berries won't be reay until Oct , different variety. They are usually harvested late Sept. The ones that are harvested for the fresh fruit are dealt with differently than the ones for juice ones for canning.
We stopped by the market and the farmer took us to his bog and showed us the plants close up. He was really nice and seemed to enjoy our questions. We bought sweet corn and tomatoes there. It was the best yet.
This our last stop in WI, it is a very fertile state and very friendly people! I thought dairy products was the main crop, but we found lots of corn and soy bean farms. I would like to see it after they have harvested the corn, would really change the looks.
On to MN and new things to look at.
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