. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. BUILDING A NICE LOOKING BOG. Before the work began Roger Correira, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has lately been spending all his free time hand grooming a bog site in Kingston, Mass. "I enjoy it. I could stay out there all day, but you have to work sometime," he says. Roger bought a 25-acre tract of land on Wapping Road in Kingston last year. The bog was included in the land, located in the front of the property, beside the road. The bog had not been touched for 12 years. Thick brush, cedar trees and pines had nearly oblit
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. BUILDING A NICE LOOKING BOG. Before the work began Roger Correira, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has lately been spending all his free time hand grooming a bog site in Kingston, Mass. "I enjoy it. I could stay out there all day, but you have to work sometime," he says. Roger bought a 25-acre tract of land on Wapping Road in Kingston last year. The bog was included in the land, located in the front of the property, beside the road. The bog had not been touched for 12 years. Thick brush, cedar trees and pines had nearly obliterated it. The bog had no base quantity allotment at the time that the land was purchased and it has no prospect of receiving one unless the marketing order is altered in the future. Roger is optimistic. "I don't know what will be happening four years from now," he says hope- fully. At any rate, that is not the important issue for Roger. The bog is essentially a hobby. He works steadily at clearing the land in back also in preparation for a house site. At a future date he will build his house and perhaps the bog will cover yearly taxes on the property. "I want to make it a really nice looking ; In addition to com- pletely clearing the bog of all vegetation, Roger is meticulously clearing and grading the surround- ing banks and ditches. Presently he has laid out the sprinkler system 12 and is about to dig it under the soil. He explains that the grader hit some clay while leveling the bog surface, and so it will be necessary to sand before laying in the vines. "I still have to check out what vines to get. I want to be careful about that. And I'm going to plant all Howes, late berries," he said with evident enthusiasm. Hopefully one good drainage ditch will suf- fice, and the plan is to cut a perimeter ditch. A brook for flood- ing (gravity stream) cuts through j the center of the bog straight down! toward the rear of the property. On the other si
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