Category: Fun Facts

Thanks to a reader who sent this in, we have a picture of extremely large cranberries. I wouldn’t call these the biggest, but they are waaaay above average and …

Some cranberry bogs have been growing their harvest for 60, 70, even 100 years! All using the original vines that were planted by their great grandparents. How’s that for …

It’s called Dodder. Dodder is a yellow-like vine that wraps itself around the host plant and, like a parasite, sucks out all the nutrients from the host. You see …

Pemmican is a mix of dried meat, tallow (which is like lard, animal fat) and cranberries. What is Pemmican? A food that was important to the Indigenous diet in …

Cranberry plants need the bees’ help. Bees Pollinate the Plant Cranberry plants can’t pollinate on their own so they require extra help from their friends the bees. Timing is …

About 400 million pounds. Cranberry Consumption Facts That’s a lot of berries. Each barrel weighs about 100 lbs so if my math is right that would mean U.S. farmers …

About 3-5 years. Quick Facts about Growing Cranberries – Growing cranberries from seed can take 3 to 5 years to produce fruit. See the post, “How to Grow Cranberries …