Join us for a Bog Tour!

Your visit will include a talk with Jack or Dot about Cranberries and cranberry farming, farm equipment, antique harvesting implements and artifacts. All your questions about cranberry growing will be answered.. Our Cranberry Gift Shop will have juice samples and recipes, as well as our usual array of cranberry condiments, cranberry-land honey, hand-painted cranberry vine candles, cranberry popcorn, cranberry taffy, trail mix, chocolate candies and many other delights.

 TOURS

SEPTEMBER 18 TO OCTOBER 31

OPEN FROM 1 TO 5  PM EVERYDAY

Call 508-866-3654 or 508-866-2162 (shop)

dot@flaxpondfarms.com

Directions below

               Crazy for Cranberries

An excerpt from Ann Miller's  Summer House Soapmaker news letter describing a recent  visit:

 A few weeks ago our friends Stepp and Sandy visited from Vermont. It was Sandy's birthday, and her' foremost wish was to see the cranberry harvest. It was a little early in the season, but we called around and found out that there was picking going on at Flax Pond Farms in Carver. Dot and Jack Angley are the owners of Flax Pond Farm where in addition to the bogs, they manage a farm store in a large barn on the property. The shop features locally made cranberry products (including our soaps) and a museum-like collection of antique cranberry paraphernalia: It was a perfect destination for a splendid fall day.

 We got to know Jack and Dot during the 20 years we lived in Carver before moving to the Cape. They are the kind of smart, civic-minded folks that any small town is fortunate to have. Jack serves as the Chairman of the Carver Board of Selectmen and he has played piano at PJ's Country House in Scituate every Wednesday night for the past 25 years. Dot organizes the Arts in the Bog festival at the farm every October, which brings the community together for a day of art, music and fun.

 Many of the cranberry growers in Carver are the third or fourth generation to farm their land. Their business is earthbound and traditional, but also affected by changes in technology and the global marketplace. These changes can make for a wild ride. Over the last few decades, the market for cranberries has ridden up and down like a roller coaster, through boom-times and bust. In spite of the whiplash, most of the growers have hung on. It's what they're good at, and they enjoy the challenge and the outdoor life.

 I've been thinking about these tenacious growers during the current economic crisis. We're all experiencing a bit of whiplash these days. When I get a headache hearing about collateralized debt obligations and other intangible things, I take comfort in thinking about people in our region who still make a living growing real things from the earth, sun, and water. None of us can escape the effects of the global economy, but we can cherish things that are local and real. These elements of our community will be even more important to us as we hang on for the ride ahead.

 For more info on Ann & soap making please visit:  www.summerhousesoaps.com

Bog Tours Features:

** Enter our "screening house" and try your hand at sorting tart fresh cranberries as they come out of the "Antique Separator", Even eat a few if you dare!

Our 100 acres includes Cranberry Bogs, a natural pond, reservoirs, a large swamp, a blueberry patch, Christmas trees and active wildlife.

Gift Shop Features:

• Harvesting in Season*

• Antique Equipment

• Artifacts

• Fresh Cranberries**

• Juice Sampling

• Free Recipes

• Miniature Boxes

• Cranberry Honey

• Candles

• Recipe Book

• Post Cards

• Chocolates

• Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Directions to Flax Pond Farms

From West, enter Carver on Rte. 44, turn right on to Rte. 58 South. Proceed on Rte 58 to South Meadow Road, take left on South Meadow Rd, , 1 mile to Pond Street, Left on Pond a few hundred feet to our sign and a red hydrant. 

 Take right on unpaved road beside pond,  follow signs.

From Rte. 3 take Exit 7  Rte 44  West to Rte 58 in Carver on Rte. 44, turn left: on to Rte 58 South, follow above directions to our farm.

From South, Rte 495 & Rte 28 :enter Carver on Rte. 58, turn right:

on South Meadow Rd. Follow one mile to a left on Pond St.

Turn at our sign

Click Here for computer directions use 58 Pond St. Carver, MA 02330

dot@flaxpondfarms.com

Picnic tables on site for your pleasure.

Fresh well water & Porta -Potty's available.