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Crowd Farming

Crowd Farming

What is Crowd farming? It is supporting a small farmer in the EU living "south of the border" that is Skåne / Scania! Swedish farmers cannot grow citrus fruits, olives, rice, almonds, or collect salt from the sea. Interested? Do like this: Choose a farmer from the...

A most unusual art gallery

A most unusual art gallery

It seems that one of my specialities is to find slightly odd places to show my paintings! A former dovecote, a foyer to a conference hotel,  our own garage, in the cafe to a museum for old and new motorbikes, in the waiting room at my dentist's, on the 3rd floor...

Almåsa – truffles!

Almåsa – truffles!

A PoM adventure in October! Autumn and specialities of many kinds in another favourite place . From Apple to Truffle in a menu at Almåsa Sea Side Hotel. A room with a view for every guest, and also for the kitchen staff! Q.E.D.  Happy staff makes the guest...

Project herb garden

Project herb garden

Many years ago (2007) we made a small herb garden, but lately it had been invaded by the invasive Aegopodium podagraria (ground elder, herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort). The Mentha piperita (peppermint) liked the place so much it had spread itself all...

Cycling happiness

Cycling happiness

We like Järvafältet, a nature reserve some 15 km north of Stockholm, with nice gravel roads, free from cars. The old farm is the only one in Sollentuna, and it is now the 3rd generation of farmers who treat the land as their fathers did, organic and ecological. Happy...

Almåsa – dining and wining

Almåsa – dining and wining

We got a hint from a friend about Almåsa Havshotell (Sea hotel), which announced an evening with wine tasting of wines from a vineyard in California run by a Swedish couple. So we made a reservation and were there April 23-24. Almåsa is some 50 km southeast of...