Kalamazoo Gazette: Cranberry harvest looks robust
It may have been a grim growing season for many farmers this year, but so far things look good for cranberries. “We haven’t got it in the box yet,” but this year’s cranberry harvest at DeGrandchamp Farm looks “very nice,” Joe DeGrandchamp tells the Kalamazoo Gazette.
DeGrandchamp says the plants are sprayed with water, and as it freezes, the water gives off heat — enough to protect the blossoms.
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