Blog posts

  • Vaihtoehtoja pääsiäisruoholle

    Helmi-maaliskuussa kylvämäni siemenet ovat lähteneet kivasti kasvuun (lukuun ottamatta Venäjänrakuunaa, Veripeippiä, ja Preerianväriminttua ) ja vaikka taimien kastelu viekin paljon aikaa, niin on huikeaa seurata uuden elämän alkua. Kasvun seuraamiseen tulee himo ja suunnittelen nyt jo seuraavia kylvöjä ja siemenhankintoja. Näistä lisää seuraavissa blogipostauksissa!  Nyt kuitenkin pääsiäinen lähestyy kovaa vauhtia ja on korkea aika laittaa

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  • Suunnittelua ja koulimista

    Olen jo pitkään haaveillut omasta talosta ja pihamaasta, jonne voisin perustaa puutarhan kasvihuoneineen ja kasvimaineen. Tätä paikkaa odotellessa olen harrastanut pienimuotoista ruukkuviljelyä vaihtelevalla menestyksellä.  Kiinnostus kasvien maailmaan on hiipinyt varkain. Osana työtäni uudistavan maatalouden tutkijana vietin viime vuonna paljon aikaa maatiloilla havainnoiden viljelijöiden arkea ja autellen parhaani mukaan maatilatöissä. En ollut tajunnut, kuinka paljon taitoa ja tietoa

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  • Even though we had already experienced many national parks, we found both the Balck Hills as well as the Badlands impressive. Upon our arrival, a heard of bisons welcomed us to Black Hills, which we entered through Custer State park.

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  • Teton National Park through which we drove on our way to Black Hills was stunning although it has not deserved as much attention as Yellowstone. There were lots of relatively short and tempting hiking trails around the area. The mountains ruled the scenery.

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  • Our first day in the Yellowstone national park began with an exploration of the Mammoth Springs. The walk took us around the spring area to admire the paths the vulcanic water had made around the area.

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  • From Portland our trip took turn to the East. We traveled three days before we reached the gates of Yellowstone National Park. It was, however, very close that we didn’t arrive to our final destination, Gardiner, on time. There are basically two ways to drive to Gardiner, Montana from Portland, Oregon. One can drive via

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  • Finally we got to visit Portland, the city we had heard so much of. It greeted us with 12 bridges of varying sizes, designs and usages crossing over the Willamette River. We had a guided tour to Portland’s coolest sites by locals. My husbands’ cousins took us to a lovely area surrounding the Mississippi avenue with

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  • An important part of any road trip is to have a good playlist. In our family of four, everyone gets to pick their favorite songs to add to the list. Our playlist reveals songs ranging from Johnny Cash to Sia, from Vygotski to Pulp fiction sound track, from Verneri Pohjola to Fröbelin Palikat. Many more

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  • My research visit to UC Berkeley has come to an end. Needless to say, time has gone by so fast, but above all, this time has been filled with unforgettable memories with family and (new) friends, interesting research insights, and positive energy.

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  • In this blog post, I am going to address the issue of food security from a perspective that seems to be absent from the dominant discourse on the topic. I will suggest that bringing in the voices of local communities would make the discussion more inclusive and enable considering more diverse solutions to the global challenge of

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