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New Potatoes Vs. Old Potatoes

When potatoes are new in Finland, they are more expensive than the old ones. The moment new potatoes come out in the market, people never missed to buy it. As for the farmers, whoever the first to sell it gets the most profit. Sadly, everyday the potato price also...

What to Do on a Very Cold Weather

What Happens When Temperature Drops to -22degrees. Experiencing -20 degrees in Turku can be an intense and unique sensation. The air feels piercingly cold, causing immediate discomfort to your skin and breathing becomes quite a discomfort for every inhale that feels like an icy tendrils entering your lungs. There...

How to Peel a Birch Tree

When you peel the tree in the summer time, the bark tends to stick as it is already dry. Check out the best time by checking your weather chart....

THE POISONOUS YEW AND ITS RED BERRIES

What is a Yew Shrub? Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees of the family Taxaceae which are slow-growing shrub reaching a height of around 2.5-20 meters.. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 2.5–20 m (8.2–65.6 ft), with trunk girth averaging 5 m (16 ft). native to most...

The Finnish Summer Activities

Finnish summer time begins in late May- July and the temperature could go as high as 32++ degrees like in the tropical countries. Contrary to the long darkness on winter time, daytime im the summer is long in Finland when the sun shines almost the whole day from 4AM...