bogfarmer

noun
UK /ˈbɒɡˌfɑːmə/
US /ˈbɔɡˌfɑrmər/

A bogfarmer is a person who grows plants in wet, muddy ground.

The bogfarmer checked his cranberry plants after the heavy rain.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A person who works on a peat bog, cutting and gathering peat.

The old bogfarmer stacked blocks of peat to dry in the sun.

3. A nickname for someone who lives near a bog and seems slow or stubborn.

The villagers teased him as a bogfarmer for never leaving his muddy land.

4. A fictional creature in folk tales that tends the plants of a swamp.

In the story, a grumpy bogfarmer guarded the secret paths through the marsh.