Back from the UK and the first night I put out the moth trap on 15th / 16th August (they are released again) I was surprised to find […]
Berries
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Bilberries
In the local paper was a report that it was a bad year for bilberries (blåbær) locally. I’m glad we didn’t listen and went anyway as it was […]
Berries / Drying
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Dried bilberries
Dried bilberries (blåbær), not leather this time and chantarelles (kantarell) also finished!! Post Views: 86
Foraging / Fruit / Fungi
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Forage in Malvikmarka
A productive afternoon in the woods yesterday on the Malvik side of Solemsvåttan with my Swiss helper Julia Albrecht with a good haul of bilberries and the year’s […]
Berries / Foraging
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Fevollbergan forage
On Thursday this week we went for a forage locally as I’d heard reports that chantarelles were appearing after the rain….we didn’t see any edible fungi but there […]
Drying / Food / Fruit
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First load of wood dried apples
My first (of many) loads of apples drying over the wood stove! I’m 100% self-sufficient in fruit and never buy bananas, oranges etc. and don’t use a freezer. […]
Berries / Fungi
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Fungi 26th August 2016
It was actually bilberries that were the evening’s objective, but when you see several ceps / steinsopp in the woods and hedgehogs/piggsopp and saffron milk caps / matriske […]
Berries / Foraging / Fungi
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Cycle home forage!
Pictures from my cycle home from work with a large detour up into the woods to pick bilberries and fungi! The video that comes first is the magical […]