Hello Everyone. I live in central Ohio and recently moved into a new
home that has a large row of American Cranberry Bushes. It appears
not to have been trimmed in quite some time. It is about 10-12' feet
tall and about 6' wide.

Ideally I want to keep it at about 8' tall and as dense as possible,
for privacy. But I do not know when to cut it back and when I can
thin it out. I am not an expert gardner by any means, so I don't know
what to do with it and when.

One thing - It is starting to lose some leaves - they are turning
brown in sections and falling off. Other sections look fine with
green foilage and red berries, others just have berries with no
foilage, and others are not looking so good at all. It been dry here
lately and the first thing I am going to do is water it thoroughly.

Can anyone offer any pointers? Or point me to a good website?

Thanks, Joe