Final Report for FNE02-405
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 2002: $3,300.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2002
Region: Northeast
State: New Hampshire
Project Leader:
Martha Carlson
Sandwich Community School, Inc
Project Information
Summary:
Note to readers, attached is the complete final report for FNE02-405.
With this information, we encourage farmers to reach out to their local sand pit to investigate the possibility of harvesting and/or expanding an established cranberry bog or finding an exhausted bog that needs to be reclaimed. Creating a bog takes a lot of time and money; excavating the site, installing irrigation, making layers of organic matter and sand, buying plants, paying permit fees and time, because it takes three to five years to establish a bog and get it ready to harvest. Using the established bog is a quicker return to your input, although creating a new bog increases the number of bogs available in the state to harvest from.
Research
Participation Summary
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