Lingonberry picking

19 September 2020

Picking lingons can mean only one thing - summer is gone! Lingonberries appear during autumn and they do not make much mess as compared to blueberries. Blueberries leave stain on your fingers. I do not enjoy picking lingonberries as much as picking blueberries, as there are not much choices to do with lingonberries. The only thing I am aware of is lingon jam. Lingonberries are very sour and has to be added with lots of sugar, at least half the weight of lingoberries when making the jam. I have got lots of lingonberries in the freezer now and to make space for frozen food, I need to make lots of jam!

Apple picking at random houses

10 September 2020

Autumn season is here! The common fruit during this season is the apple! Most folks have apple trees in their gardens. So, we decided to help these folks by plucking their apples. An apple tree can produce so many apples that the owners are not able to pluck all these apples, resulting in the apples falling to the ground and rotting. Not a pretty sight. 

We walked around the neighbourhood and knocked on random houses that have gorgeous, round and red apples. We did this a couple of times, and each time, the owners welcomed us and even offered us bags to carry the apples. Of course, we brought our own bags. Each time, we plucked about 20 apples each and there are still lots of apples on the trees. I am very happy with my free apple stash!