Shoots and leaves...
The whims and woes, highs and lows, of trying to grow fruit and veg in Nordic latitudes.
We had torrential rain all weekend. Maybe a bit late for the raspberries which don't look too happy at all but just in time for everything else. The shallow well near the house is full again and we have added some extra rainwater barrels so that we can water the blackcurrants even if the well temporarily dries up. Up the road, R. is selling new potatoes from his kiosk, but we will wait another week or so before we start to dig ours up. The deer have been nibbling the tops up at the house but don't appear to be digging them up, yet. We have masses of strawberries, I think we should be able to pick some next weekend, so at least 2 weeks earlier than usual, thanks to the hot sunny weather in May. I planted a few rows of kaskinauris up at the house. This root vegetable is a traditional Finnish turnip which was grown all over Finland (including Lapland) before potatoes were introduced. It featured prominently in the Finnish diet. The taste is delicioulsy sweet, not unlike swede. This turnip was often the first crop to be grown on forest land that had been cleared (slash and burn). It has a short growing season, just 8 weeks. Of course, I will have to cover them up as the deer absolutely love them.
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