Sunday 10 September 2023

Self-pick potatoes

9 September 2023

Added and checked in bucket list. I was not aware of this activity - self pick potatoes and it was a super-fun activity! It was so easy too. There was a family who runs a farm and besides growing rape seed plants, they grow potatoes and sunflows and have their own farm shop that sells their produce. Every two weekends in September, the family opens their potato field (which is as big as 5 football fields) to the public to pick the potatoes. The family uses a small tractor to pull up the potato plants. We picked 36kg potatoes. SEK13/kg for 100kg amd weights that are more than 100kg cost SEK8/kg. At that time, the price was cheaper than the potatoes sold in the supermarket. There were two kinds of potatoes that we could choose from - the hard and the soft potatoes. We chose the soft ones. 

Because the 36kg potatoes were too heavy to be carried back to the car, we waited for the tractor to pick us and our potatoes. I hope I get to do this again next year!




Tuesday 5 September 2023

Djurgården boat tour

4 September 2023

Volunteer activities with Kompis Sverige!

Today, we did an hour boat trip around Djurgården. I have always wanted to participate in this boat tour to see Djurgården islet from the waters. It was a warm day and we were lucky to have a good weather. One gets a pair of earphone and connects it to the dedicated sound system to hear explanations about the places we pass. I am thankful I get to experience this, thanks to Kompis Sverige! :)