A peaceful afternoon in the Pine Barrens at Whites bog.
10/20/2024 It was a nice day to visit White’s bog and do some fine art photography.
If you’ve ever wondered about the history of the cultivated blueberry (maybe while eating a blueberry sundae from Hammonton’s Royal Crown??), its origins can be traced back to this company town in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and to Elizabeth White.
Elizabeth was New Jersey cranberry royalty. Her grandfather started the bogs at White’s bog, and her father, JJ White, added to it when he married into the family, thus creating one of the largest cranberry farms in the country. Elizabeth loved the business, and helped out at an early age – from handing out tickets to the pickers, to working with a New Jersey State entomologist to reduce the effects of the veracious cranberry katydid.
10/20/2024 Photograph that includes some forest fires burning in the pine barrens. I could feel Elizabeth’s presence in her garden. Wonderful experience.
Whites Bog NJ
Cloud Play
Bog
Pine tree at the Bog
Late Afternoon
Link to buy a print
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Cold-winter-day at Whites Bog NJ
Whitesbog.org site
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Wow – what great landscape shots !!!
I love blueberries, eating them with breakfast cereal five days a week – every week.
Blueberries are great brain food. Thanks for the visit and comments.