Last updated: December, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) Winter brings exciting changes to our store. Hot drinks, cozy fires, skating, snowshoeing & local goodies make it our favourite season. Come find out why! One of the big changes for this season is our new coffee maker. Yes, now you can get a […]
Winter Farm Update – time to make the Ice Trail
Last updated: December, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) So what happens on a cranberry farm in winter? Does everyone just pack up and go skiing? Not quite. There’s actually a lot of work to be done to protect the vines through the harsh, winter months. After harvest, the vines turn a deep […]
Muskoka Fall Colour Watch
Last updated: September, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) Muskoka’s fall colours are unforgettable. In fact, they’re so breath taking, Muskoka was voted the #1 place in Canada to watch leaves change in autumn. Here at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh, the changing landscape is even more dramatic as the backdrop for the cranberry harvest. Crimson cranberries, […]
Ontario Cranberry Harvest is Underway!
Last updated: September 30, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) The Ontario cranberry harvest has begun at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh in Bala, Muskoka. Picking usually gets underway two weekends before Canadian Thanksgiving, but this year it started even earlier, and signs are pointing to a record-breaking crop. The dry summer was good for the cranberries […]
White Cranberries
What, exactly, are white cranberries? They’re cranberries early in the harvest season, and they’re ripe! If you put white cranberries in the freezer, they turn red. If you cook them, they turn red. That’s because cooking and freezing releases the anthocyanin (red pigment). If you look at a bed of cranberries, they all look red. […]
Fungus Among Us
Last updated: September, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) Hiking trails are easy for Mr & Mrs Farmer to find – they have several right outside their door! Their love of hiking through the woods on their Muskoka farm was the reason behind developing the trails. Despite the rainy weather, they were looking forward to […]
Spider Garden
Last updated: August, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) The hiking trails at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh in Bala, Muskoka, Ontario have something for everyone. They vary in length from 1 km to over 7 km and in difficulty from easy to advanced. There are three self-guided tours as part of the system. Some of […]
Summer Farm Tour
Last updated: Summer, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) If you come for a summer farm tour at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh in Bala, Muskoka, Ontario, you’ll discover how we ‘bloom and grow.’ Cranberries blossom in July and, by August the berries have formed. It’s now near the end of August, and we have lots of […]
Cranberry Blossoms
Last updated: Summer, 2016For current information, click ‘What’s on Now’ (above) Cranberry blossoms appear in late June and into July at Johnston’s Cranberry Marsh in Bala, Muskoka, Ontario. It’s one of the prettiest times of year here because the cranberry beds take on a blush of pink. Cranberries are named for their flower. Early settlers thought it […]