. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. right up to the President's office. Among other tasks, Kirby had been instrumental in organizing fishermen's cooperatives in Botswana. In March 1977, our daughter, Revel Frances—nicknamed "Mpho," meaning "httle guest" in the native tongue—was born in Maun, the village we lived in on the edge of the Okavango Delta. The closest large village was near Zimbabwe, over 300 miles east by dirt road, and Angola was a three day journey north through the swamps. I became worried about being so far away from advice about in
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. right up to the President's office. Among other tasks, Kirby had been instrumental in organizing fishermen's cooperatives in Botswana. In March 1977, our daughter, Revel Frances—nicknamed "Mpho," meaning "httle guest" in the native tongue—was born in Maun, the village we lived in on the edge of the Okavango Delta. The closest large village was near Zimbabwe, over 300 miles east by dirt road, and Angola was a three day journey north through the swamps. I became worried about being so far away from advice about infant care. But the worry proved totally unfounded. The village women took it upon themselves to make sure Uttle "Mpho" (pronounced Imp-o) was brought up properly. OUR DAUGHTER was a year and a half old when we returned to the states in 1978. We had every intention of pursuing fisheries careers—either in the states or abroad—but we never got around to organizing a job hunt. Instead, we purchased a weedy, 35 acre cranberry bog in South Carver, Mass., and a house 12 miles away in Rochester. The bog was reminiscent of the Okavango Swamps-at least to us. I remember someone laughing and calling our property "the four vine ; But eyes opened wide when our first harvest came in. The bog responded very well to preliminary management after having been nearly abandoned. With the big blueberry bushes and maple trees cut out, more weeds being discouraged by the year and healthier cranberry vines, it doesn't draw wisecracks anymore. Pooling our efforts with my inlaws, we formed Gilmore Cranberry Co. Inc last year and were able to support two families on a full time basis. The company's first harvest was in 1980 and we presently have 65 acres in production. OUR MONEY is being invested into increasing production on producing bogs and into rebuild- ing old bogs that have been out of production, practices being followed by many area growers while the market is stro
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