Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
We have signed up for REKO which is an organisation that operates on a similar basis to the AMAP in France (which has a suburban farm on the outskirts of Sainte Geneviève des Bois that we visited in August 2013). In Finland REKO operates through Facebook, so Peter and I will just have to bite that proverbial bullet!
In a nutshell, an event is created on REKO's facebook page and then producers offer their produce and buyers reserve what they want and everyone meets up once a week on a carpark in Ekenas to buy/sell. We don't have much to offer at the moment but hopefully the blackcurrants will be ready by next Wednesday and I have already ordered some sausages. Here is a brief explanation in English And here is a link to the Facebook page (closed group). REKO has its own website (in Swedish) here.
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We picked about 15 litres off the two bushes that were at the top of the row in Rosendal (they had not been covered by nets). I think we can easily wait a few more days before harvesting more. They are not exactly dropping off the bushes yet.
Down in the Ovanträsk plot the blackcurrant bushes are in the same state of readiness - ie they can probably tolerate a couple more days of sunshine. I will pick 10 litres off the ripest bushes to take to REKO on Wednesday. And then we will decide whether or not to keep the rest (which means buying another freezer) or sell them. |
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