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Extra red highlights in fall foliage. A Viburnum - not a true cranberry - that I see in hedgerows and open edges here in the northern northeast.. Edible but wants sweetening, though I have some in mind as a tint for clear spirits.
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Cranberry farm at sundown
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Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In Britain, cranberry may refer to the native species Vaccinium oxycoccos, while in North America, cranberry may refer to Vaccinium macrocarpon.[2] Vaccinium oxycoccos is cultivated in central and northern Europe, while Vaccinium macrocarpon is cultivated throughout the northern United States, Canada and Chile.[3] In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right. They can be found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Cranberries are low, creeping shrubs or vines up to 2 meters (7 ft) long and 5 to 20 centimeters (2 to 8 in) in height;[5] they have slender, wiry stems that are not thickly woody and have small evergreen leaves. The flowers are dark pink, with very distinct reflexed petals, leaving the style and stamens fully exposed and pointing forward. They are pollinated by bees. The fruit is a berry that is larger than the leaves of the plant; it is initially light green, turning red when ripe. It is edible, but with an acidic taste that usually overwhelms its sweetness.
In 2017, the United States, Canada, and Chile accounted for 98% of the world production of cranberries. Most cranberries are processed into products such as juice, sauce, jam, and sweetened dried cranberries, with the remainder sold fresh to consumers. Cranberry sauce is a traditional accompaniment to turkey at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners in the United States and Canada, and at Christmas dinner in the United Kingdom.
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Some Cranberry sauce we made at Christmas has been in the freezer and formed these abstract ice crystals.
Several cranberry bogs in Maine sell to those famous juice people…but I prefer them whole with a bit of sugar.
Once upon a time, this property was part of the large Wadsworth Estate in Hiram, Maine. The area surrounding the pond (that white streak across the middle of the photo) was a productive cranberry bog you could walk across. Now inhabited by beaver, the property destruction is obvious.
And yet…
Beaver, brought to near extinction because of their pelts and their territorial difficulty living along side man, are extraordinary environmentalists. They create wetlands that support numerous species of plants, fish, birds, wild animals, and micro-organisms. Importantly, these wetlands safely isolate and store carbon both in plant life and in the debris of the felled trees they drag through the waters for their dams and lodges.
It is estimated that globally the “total carbon storage of wetlands is 225 billion metric tons, or the equivalent of carbon emissions from roughly 189 million cars every year.”
Unfortunately, beaver do not manage all those wetlands. Most are mismanaged or not managed at all, left to dry up and release that carbon back into our atmosphere. On the other hand, wetlands controlled by beaver are masterfully managed. Beaver guard and maintain them to support the life that depends upon their waters. And while you certainly do not want beaver in your yard, we need them in our wetlands.
Because of the Maine drought, I thought that this year Don and I would be able to walk across a somewhat soggy marsh to the pond, something we have never been able to do. Because of the beaver, we could not. The water in Cranberry Pond and its surrounding marshlands had not receded one single inch while a nearby lake was down significantly.
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I made the mittens. The cranberries are from local bogs, and the box (stamped Maine) is a very old hen crate. I've done selfies like this before and now I know why I haven't done one in a while; sheesh! Its like choreographing a cat show!
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Mike said this looks like pizza....it is not pizza.
Stephanie's Bliss Bars recipe.
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Hello Everyone!
This is dedicated to my Flickr friends who are celebrating Thanksgiving today. I couldn't send you cranberry sauce, so I thought this might be second best! Incidentally, these wild cranberries makes delicious sauce, they are just a little tarter than domestic cranberries. The small bushes are found in forested areas within the central and central-south part of the province.
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I made this delicious cake!
Love the sweetness of the cake with the sour cranberries.
Have a great weekend!
This black Squirrel is quite the acrobat trying to get those cranberries, even Squirrels love cranberries at Thanksgiving:-)
Took this while finishing up with the gingerbread green touches.
Cranberries for Macro Monday's "two" theme.
The cranberries were dropped in a tank filled with water. I put white paper behind the tank and black paper above the waterline to get reflection from the underside of the water's surface. This was lit with one off camera flash to the side. If I was going to do it again and I had another flash I would use another to light the backing as the one wasn't enough. This took over 100 drop attempts and I think I only ended up with 7 or 8 shots with both cranberries fully in the frame. #perseverance
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