Farms: The fruit that floats: A look at harvesting cranberries [Delaware Online News Video]
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Delaware's first cranberry farm, Johnson Farm in Smyrna, has been in operation since 1998. Hobby farmer Tim Johnson explains how the cranberry harvesting process works and how his farm came to be. (11/10/10) Camera: Ashley Barnas Editor: Ashley Barnas
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Holy moly what spiders are those @ 2:21 !?
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Looks like with all the machines there is still a lot of manual work. Thumbs up!
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@Amathos If you want to grow cranberries in a traditional type garden you can. The beds are flooded for harvesting and are also flooded before winter to protect the vines this also allows the armer to dump sand over the ice in winter so that in spring it will fall to the ground and fill in any uneven spots in the beds. Beds are also flooded in spring time so that any trash ( dead leaves) can be cleaned from the beds.
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Wow, that's cool, so much work. Is the use of the water system a way to harvest the berries faster on a larger scale- is that the main use of the filling the place with water? I ask because I was wondering if a person can grow the cranberries and just pick them by hand?