It´s time to break the myths about Autumn in Finland being a miserable time of year with constant rain, darkness and excessive alcohol abuse! At least here in Hossa it´s a great time of year for people who enjoy nature and actually many things to do become even more enjoyable, as there´s less people and…
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Integral parts of local life
We´ve had snow on the ground for almost two weeks now but today settled the case, rain and above zero –temperatures that we´ve had for a few days melted the rest of it. Even the lakes, excluding the bigger ones, were frozen already but they´re ice-free now. Winter is just behind the corner one could…
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First snow and the colors of autumn
Yesterday morning there was a real surprise waiting when I woke up, the first snow had landed during the night! Whole September has been really warm and deciduous plants haven´t even dropped their leaves yet so this happened unusually early this year. Permanent snow is still to be expected because the ground was green by…
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Picking berries and cooking with mushrooms
In Finland, late July and August are very busy months if you are into picking berries and cooking with mushrooms for example. It´s simply great that one can just head out there and harvest and preserve all the tasty wild foods of the season! This is the time when first mushrooms can be found here…
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