tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post116096135558838435..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: Postcards from a cranberry bogLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-8353628969383127052007-10-02T13:37:00.000-05:002007-10-02T13:37:00.000-05:00I was googling cranberry bogs in NJ and your blog ...I was googling cranberry bogs in NJ and your blog came up. I too am in NJ and want to take my family to one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161398851802647262006-10-20T21:47:00.000-05:002006-10-20T21:47:00.000-05:00Thanks, Lene.Patrick: I'll have to make it there i...Thanks, Lene.<BR/><BR/>Patrick: I'll have to make it there in the spring too. With a good map.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161380234272541272006-10-20T16:37:00.000-05:002006-10-20T16:37:00.000-05:00Your photographs are gorgeous, Laura.Your photographs are gorgeous, Laura.Lené Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018280698586741856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161197582030819832006-10-18T13:53:00.000-05:002006-10-18T13:53:00.000-05:00Laura,It's decent for warblers, shorebirds, and ra...Laura,<BR/><BR/>It's decent for warblers, shorebirds, and raptors in the spring. Since we only do Ocean County, it's one of the spots we stop at.<BR/><BR/>I planned to go to Webb's Mill this summer, but never got around too it. All sorts of interesting plants bloom including pitcher plants and several orchids. Next year!Patrick B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09080082715363887351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161057628972689432006-10-16T23:00:00.000-05:002006-10-16T23:00:00.000-05:00John: I'd read that they're sometimes hard to find...John: I'd read that they're sometimes hard to find and will move from place to place, wherever there's open water. Guess you were here in a bad winter. Glad you got a pine siskin in all that cold anyway. Think I went to the Adironacks for mine.<BR/><BR/>It's colorful isn't it, Pam? <BR/><BR/>Ruth: Blogger is a pain, it can handle just photos or just text, but not both! I added a few more pics tonight, but it still wouldn't load a favorite from the more wild part of the trip. ;-(<BR/><BR/>Naturewoman: Done! Most of the pics are too far away and I brought the wrong lens for my camera, but they're up.<BR/><BR/>Flroidacracker: Is there anything that doesn't beat grading papers? God I hate it. Now I understand why some teachers growing up gave so little homework. Lots of people leave NJ and retire in Florida, probably just to escape the cold here - but you've got all those bugs!<BR/><BR/>Sandy: Mostly it's just water and wind, but the color is intense.<BR/><BR/>Madcap: Gosh I hope they taste better than they smell!<BR/><BR/>DKM: I forgot to even mention the craisin angle.<BR/><BR/>Patrick: I'm surprised you include it on WSB day - aren't the swans gone by May? What do you hope to get there?<BR/><BR/>Joanna Burger's other book, "25 nature spectacles in NJ" includes a couple other places I'd like to visit in the area, but I'm not so comfortable roaming around there by myself - a bit too isolated - may just have to drag a friend along. Have you been to Webb's Mill Bog for wildflowers? Gentians are suppossed to bloom in the barrens in October, but I don't have a clue where to find them.<BR/><BR/>Laura: Let me know if you ever are down this way - company might be nice (see comment to Patrick above. lol!)<BR/><BR/>Lynne: Awesome teacher that I am, I grumpily graded papers over dinner tonight.<BR/><BR/>Susan: it does - they do grow for Ocean Spray.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161044636855809032006-10-16T19:23:00.000-05:002006-10-16T19:23:00.000-05:00Ooohhh...it looks like an Ocean Spray commercial!Ooohhh...it looks like an Ocean Spray commercial!Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161042822517414452006-10-16T18:53:00.000-05:002006-10-16T18:53:00.000-05:00Wow Laura! A great post, beautiful pictures and a...Wow Laura! A great post, beautiful pictures and a terrific lesson on cranberries. You are an awesome teacher!! :)Lynne at Hasty Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09187035706322695138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161039837292459292006-10-16T18:03:00.000-05:002006-10-16T18:03:00.000-05:00Laura,They definitely still have Tundra Swans and ...Laura,<BR/><BR/>They definitely still have Tundra Swans and GB Terns at Whitesbog. It's a spot we visit on the World Series. We actually had a lingering (probably injured) Tundra Swan this year during the World Series. I haven't done enough birding in that area otherwise. There are lots of good dragonflies, butterflies, and wildflowers to be seen there too.Patrick B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09080082715363887351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161032589711119162006-10-16T16:03:00.000-05:002006-10-16T16:03:00.000-05:00I had no idea cranberries grew in bogs!!! We have ...I had no idea cranberries grew in bogs!!! We have a highbush variety in the area that grows wild and the smell reminds me of dirty socks.Madcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966173518099250557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1161010533596209062006-10-16T09:55:00.000-05:002006-10-16T09:55:00.000-05:00I would love to see a cranberry bog! I have to adm...I would love to see a cranberry bog! <BR/><BR/>I have to admit that I used to not think of New Jersey as a beautiful state, but, your blog has given me a whole new picture of the state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160998686833745612006-10-16T06:38:00.000-05:002006-10-16T06:38:00.000-05:00Those colors are beautiful. This excursion definit...Those colors are beautiful. This excursion definitely beats grading papers on your weekend.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tour. I continue to be amazed at natural NJ thanks to you.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160997493835288892006-10-16T06:18:00.000-05:002006-10-16T06:18:00.000-05:00Wow! That is beautiful! Please post more photos ...Wow! That is beautiful! Please post more photos when blogger is behaving. I didn't know anything about cranberry bogs until reading your post, and would love to see more photos! Thank you!NatureWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272529400065960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160995881646188932006-10-16T05:51:00.000-05:002006-10-16T05:51:00.000-05:00So that is where my cranberries come from! I reall...So that is where my cranberries come from! I really had no idea how they grew or were harvested. I hope Blogger will let you add another picture or two.(We had to switch to Firefox for our browser to get rid of photo posting problems)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160970848473224242006-10-15T22:54:00.000-05:002006-10-15T22:54:00.000-05:00Wow, I've never seen anything like that cranberry ...Wow, I've never seen anything like that cranberry bog. Beautiful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160970777510579102006-10-15T22:52:00.000-05:002006-10-15T22:52:00.000-05:00I visited Whitesbog once in the winter, but all th...I visited Whitesbog once in the winter, but all the impoundments were frozen so that there were no tundra swans - or many other birds, for that matter. However, I did later see a life pine siskin in Chatsworth on that trip.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00163297234733313179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160967845561945542006-10-15T22:04:00.000-05:002006-10-15T22:04:00.000-05:00Mojoman: I almost bought that McPhee book out at S...Mojoman: I almost bought that McPhee book out at SHBO a few weekends ago, but decided to wait until I get through the current reads first. Too many books piling up right now. Whispers in the Pines is good, though I've only read the first few chapters, I'm reading about the pine barrens on Long Island at the moment, but only during my lunch hour at work. You might check the Whitesbog site for a bike tour - I'm sure they have them, if not check the Pinelands Preservation Alliance website. <BR/><BR/>Bunnygirl: I'm sorry! Until today I didn't know that Mass. was the leading producer of cranberries (always thought it was NJ) and also learned they're grown in the Pacific Northwest. I've never been to Cape Cod, but the few books I've read make it sound wonderful and a lot like some of the backwater places here in NJ.<BR/><BR/>Hope they're mostly good memories.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160965235822574462006-10-15T21:20:00.000-05:002006-10-15T21:20:00.000-05:00Are you trying to make me cry?My grandparents live...Are you trying to make me cry?<BR/><BR/>My grandparents lived on Cape Cod when I was a kid and I spent a lot of time out there. In many ways it feels more like my home than the places I actually grew up in. <BR/><BR/>As you know, the Cape is well-known for its cranberry bogs. They always make me smile, but they start me down the road of wishing for a lot of things I'll never get back, too.<BR/><BR/>You owe me a kleenex.Ann (bunnygirl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04938134750150653386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1160964595600381132006-10-15T21:09:00.000-05:002006-10-15T21:09:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your trip to the pine barrens. ...Thanks for sharing your trip to the pine barrens. Don't know why, but I've always loved the pine barrens, even before I read John McPhee's book by that title about 30 years ago. I long to take a bike tour there. <BR/><BR/>Are you enjoying "Whispers in the Pines"?MojoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283343683800473324noreply@blogger.com