Yesterday I went hiking in the aapa mires of the old growth forests near the Hossa recreation area. These forests and mires have gone through restoration and now they are being protected with a few hiking trails passing through. After my trip I ended up noticing that hiking in this area provides so variable sceneries…
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Catching northern pike and brown trout
It is the beginning of the summer fishing season, it was early during the spring when I started to wait for the moment when I can go and fish northern pike and brown trout by spin casting so last week me and a friend of mine decided to head to the rivers and lakes of…
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Early summer activities in Hossa
A quick report concerníng my movements taking place at the moment! Catching perch with fish traps is part of our living with the seasonal variation of nature, at this time of year they are spawning and thereby easily catched with passive methods.It´s local food at its best; delicious natural ingredients combined with the joy and…
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Scent of spring
During this time of year when the snow melts at accelerating speed and the lakes and ponds are released from their long icy captivity, there´s definitely a recognizable scent of spring in the air. Soon we will be enjoying from the constant buzzing of different insects and the daily concerts of dozens of nesting birds….
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Local communities and urbanization
Urbanization is accelerating as is the abandonment of the countryside, this post is a short article about my thoughts concerning local communities and urbanization. At this very moment, every month seven million of us human beings move to live their lives in the urban environment. Living in the middle of concrete, under high pressure sodium…
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Forest skiing and ice-fishing
In the end of March in Hossa the weather is mostly stunning providing excellent setting for forest skiing and ice-fishing and just enjoying the silence and the sceneries of the wintery wilderness. Forest skiing means working your way through untouched snow with equipment suitable for moving in this kind of conditions. Skis have to be…
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The winter wonderland
The varying weather conditions continuously change the wintery landscape, that is one the basics from which the essence of the winter wonderland is created. At times of very cold temperatures forests are covered with frost and the environment is all white, like straight out of a fairytale. Then suddenly if the weather warms up and…
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Wild foods
I feel fortunate to be able to cook from ingredients I picked myself last summer and autumn, enjoying wild foods at times of midwinter is one of the privileges of living in the north! In addition, spending a nice mid-summer day wandering in the forest and harvesting the delicacies of the wild and remembering the…
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Rest in the forest
From time to time, everyone should be exposed to the natural environment and rest in the forest. When constant outer stimuli and man-made sounds are being turned off, your heart rate and stress hormone levels drop as your general mood improves. Nature has a mysterious ability to calm you down and make you become aware…
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Midwinter of the Taiga forest
Midwinter of the Taiga forest is showing us the harsh side of itself; the temperature has been below -30 degrees Celsius for eight days in a row, truly a freezing christmas time! The last time we had weather like this was in January 2012; then we had a full week when the temperature varied between…
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