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My Visit to a Cranberry Harvest

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OK, I know you can’t sew an adventure. But there are two recipes and an appropriate quilt block after the adventure. To visit the others, see the list at the bottom of the page.

Picture of Cranberry Plants
A Cranberry Vine. Cranberries are like pachysandra – they grow by sending out runners. Some cranberries are dry picked. Those are the whole cranberries you buy in bags.
Beating the Bog for Cranberrries
This is a picture of a cranberry bog that has been flooded with water for wet picking. The harvester is beating the water to release the berries from the vine. They float to the top and are vacuumed into a truck. Here is a video showing that process.
Dump Truck with Cranberries
Here’s the truck being raised so it can dump its load of berries. The trucks line up as far as the eye can see. When they get in place, the whole truck is raised and the load is dumped. Here is a video.
Hopper of Cranberries
The berries go into a hopper for cleaning and sorting.
Cleaning the cranberries outside
Vines and trash are removed outside. Frogs and turtles that were accidentally caught are rescued and released. Whew!
cleaning the cranberries inside
The berries are on their way into the plant to be cleaned and sorted by size and weight.
Cranberry Plant Sorting Process
The sorting process inside the plant. Shake, shake, shake! I got yelled at here for slipping a barrier and going in to take a picture. I didn’t realize I had done it, and I couldn’t hear them yelling because of the noise. That ended my tour of the cranberry plant.

Here is a cranberry bread recipe:

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 cup orange juice
  • 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 egg, well beaten
  • 1 1/2 cups whole cranberries, coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
cranberry bread

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium mixing bowl.

Stir in orange juice, orange peel, butter, and egg. Mix until well blended.

Stir in cranberries and nuts. Spread evenly in a loaf pan.

Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan. Eat hot with ice cream.

My Favorite Alcoholic Beverage: Ruby Sunrise

I am not a big drinker. But this is a nice one to have when you are relaxing outside.

  • 3/4 cup Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
  • 1/4 cup Coconut Rum
  • 1 oz grenadine (to taste)
  • Mint and/or whole cranberries as a garnish
  • Pour over ice and enjoy.
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Kris Driessen, known here as Phoebe Moon, is a quilt designer, former quilt shop owner, and quilting teacher recognized for patterns and tutorials packed with clear diagrams and step-by-step directions. Many of her designs are paired with in-depth tutorials on PhoebeMoon.com and the Scrapdash blog, where you'll discover quilting tutorials, techniques, and free quilt block patterns, along with mystery quilts, stash-busting projects, and inspiration for quilters of every skill level. Want the newest ideas delivered automatically? Subscribe to the newsletter and get fresh quilting updates right in your inbox.

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