Experience of the Nordic region
I currently live in the Nordic region of Finland, where I enjoy observing the Nordic climate and the ongoing seasonal changes. The rich natural resources of the Nordic environment are great for living a humbly with a healthy living lifestyle. There are many berries for example that can be harvested during summer and the autumn season for the winter in most parts of the Southern Finland. There are also the many lakes and ponds that some lucky fishermen get to use as a natural resource for food, but theses are regional and not accessible for everybody, especially for those living in the city metropolitan areas.
Country living on traditional land
There is a large chunk of older folk in the Nordic region that have learned from their parents the skills of living on and off the land, from their parents, they make use of the natural resources that nature provides during the summer season. They know when to gather berries, and mushrooms and they know how to prepare food items,from those natural resources; such as: berry juice, jams,baked pies, buns, and wholesome rye bread. The traditional way of life in the early nineteenth century was very labor-some and took a big chunk of the overall time. There was not much free time available because life was too often a busy activity filled with many tasks and chores. There were the early rise and responsibility for animal husbandry: milking cows, feeding horses, sheep, goats and pigs, and gathering eggs and feeding the chickens, day after day. Gathering feed for the animals during the summer and autumn would have been a huge task so that the animals would have food for the long winter while they are penned indoors.
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