Evan--I think you meant raw sphagnum moss instead of peat in your above post. The story or relationship of cranberries and green raw sphagnum moss is an interesting one. Cranberries grow naturally in floating swampy bogs in an unglaciated area of central Wisconsin; an area once considered worthless by early day diary farmers of the region. Today, cranberries grow in large fields of 120 acres or more, in what is essentially a great big, man made 120 acre floating moss bog, held captive by dikes that also allow for raising or lowering the water level of the bog field. Moss is renewable, but as moss ages, older bogs are replenished with new fresh moss so there is plenty of extra moss around. Mosser Lee, the company that processes the dry raw sphagnum moss we see in garden centers is located smack-dab in the center of all this cranberry ativity. In all likelihood, that packaged moss was used to raise the cranberries you had as a 'side' dish with thanksgiving dinner.
