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| Earth |
Hello from Sweden Hi´..
Just thought I whould introduce my self as I´m a new member here. My name is Renée Im 20 years old and Im a student. Beside enviroment my intresst are occult, mythology, history, folklore, music and adventures. found this site and found it intressting... been looking for something like this for a time. 
Be well all |
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| marigold |
Hi Earth, welcome to Downsizer .
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| Fee |
Hello 
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| sally_in_wales |
Welcome, I'm sure you'll find lots to interest you here
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| jocorless |
Hi and welcome to Downsizer - We have a few members from Scandinavia, hope you enjoy the site
Do you focus on Mythology and Folklore from Scandanavia or worldwide? I am fascinated by the stories of the Æsir and Vanir - as well as Celtic mythology being from typical Irish/Scottish/Northern English stock |
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| Ian33568 |
välkommen. | ||||
| Penny |
Hello
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| Blacksmith |
Hello ! Hur mar du ?
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| alison |
welcome to downsizer
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| Jamanda |
Hello. Welcome to the site. | ||||
| Citrine |
Welcome! | ||||
| Scott |
Hello
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| ros |
Wellcome 
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| Quail By Mail |
Where in Sweden do you live? Do you have a garden? | ||||
| cinders |
Hello
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| random |
välkommen från en engelsman i Skåne | ||||
| Barefoot Andrew |
Greetings... welcome
A. |
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| Mary-Jane |
Oh stop drooling Andrew... 
Hi Earth. Nice to meet you. |
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| LynneA |
Welcome - my favourite band is Swedish - The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
Is Ebbot of the mighty kaftan your guru too 
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| Mary-Jane |
Eh? 
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| LynneA |
Rock God: pixified as requested (please pixyfy link) |
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| suomi |
Hi Earth
we are just across the water from you! living in Finland close to Savonlinna,eastern finland. where in Sweden are you? its always great to be in touch with people that have much the same climate,lots to talk about,advice etc..... we have a small holding with a few sheep,chickens and pigs. we are also growing most of our own veg. stay in touch and enjoy this wonderful site! they are all very friendly and loads of great help,info and support.
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| Earth |
Hi all answers will come here... hope I dont miss anyone.
Well Im living in Kalmar, southeast... I dont have a garden yet.. as a student Im living in a small appartment but as I graduate next summer and will move so I´ll have a balcony with windows ( dont know what it is called) so I can have tomatoes and some stuffs like that without my cats destroying them ore I will gett a house with garden when I get a job and are sure I want to live there. But then I need to have a driving license first so I can move outside the town .
No sorry... Im into Black metal like Bathory, Thy light, Hunok and Uno Actu... and Pagan/viking black metal. Hi Finland  Im actually 75% finnish but I dont speak finnish... trying to relearn it
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| suomi |
Hi Earth
we are english and also trying to learn Finnish! welcome to visit us any time. |
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| 2steps |
hello
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| cab |
Question for our scandinavian members posting here; do you get cloudberries wild around where you are? | ||||
| dpack |
hello ,spring is good | ||||
| random |
Yes, though technically since they are in a national park you're not supposed to pick them. I think most of them come from Finland. |
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| suomi |
Hi Cab, I havnt come across cloudberries where we are yet! I have picked loads of them about 160km north from us, and they are delicious...yum..yumm... 
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| badgerhill |
helloo welcome!!
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| mihto |
I thought nobody would ever ask.... I live in the middle of cloudberry-land. To those of you unfortunate never to have had the pleasure: these berries grow on bogs in the mountains. They are golden, grow low on the ground and resemble rasberries in shape. One plant - one berry. Pick them and eat them from the ground and they do not taste much. Mix them with sugar and eat them with cream, preferably with waffles or "krumkaker", a coneshaped, crisp cake. They make heaven come alive. The Finns do it even better and make Marli Lakka, a liqure that makes birthday, Christmas Day and every high holiday seem like not worth remembering. Need I say more? |
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| Barefoot Andrew |
Suddenly, I feel a desire to move
A. |
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| Aeolienne |
I lived in Sweden once, as an Erasmus student in Stockholm. Not an experience I would want to repeat. | ||||
| cab |
I'm glad I did ask now
They're sparse fruiters over here, you find them on some upland moors, and you rarely find any in fruit; they're remnants from the last ice age, and for some reason we don't have many female cloudberry plants over here. So although I've found cloudberries, its something that even the most persistent forager here in the UK would be unlikely to get enough of to do anything with, yet over there you get jam, desserts, all sorts of things with cloudberries in. Might have to try to grow some. |
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| mihto |
I'll make some phone calls and find out a bit more about growing cloudberries. I know that it has beed discussed but I have no idea of the result. They are rather fickle in choice of soil and they have a great need of moisture. Watch this tread and I'll be back during the next few days with more info! |
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| cab |
Marvellous, I'll keep my eyes peeled
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| mihto |
How wonderful modern computers are! I went on the net and found the following link:
http://newcrop.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-524.html Would this help? There are some references at the bottom of the page. Please ask if you need help in translating. |
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| cab |
Might be just the ticket; bookmarked for later perusal, thanks!
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