Strange potaoes ### MERKWÜRDIGE KARTOFFELN

There are many small farms and gardeners in Denmark and lots of them have a little shop on their farm. I will try and introduce some of them to you.

This one is Tårup frugt plantage, close to Stubbekøbing, Falster (54 43 32 15).

ICH MÖCHTE EUCH EINIGE FRUCHTPLANTAGEN (UND SPÄTER AUCH ANDERE PRODUZENTEN) VORSTELLEN:

And when I come there, what do I find? Not only beautiful natural Christmas decorations, but also some rather strange potatoes in the box on the table in the back, next to the pears.

SCHAUNT MAL, IST DAS NICHT EINE KOMISCHE KARTOFFEL DORT IM KARTOFFELKASTEN?

It appears, the potato is still asleep...

UND JETZT WACHT DIE KARTOFFEL AUF...

No, now he's awake, wondering why those stupid humans absolutely have to talk this loud, when he wants some peace...

Anyway, here are some lovely apples and real potatoes, nothing like the crap that they offer in the supermarkets...

LECKERE ÄPFEL UND KARTOFFELN GIBT ES HIER!

UND AUCH HIER:

And while I'm at it: here are two great apple orchards on Funen: Rosenhøj Frugtplantage - 64 61 34 20 (close to Bogense) and Farsbøllegård in Hårslev, close to Søndersø. And a third one: Hasmarkmosen 18, Otterup.

When you are in Denmark you should really try danish apples, because the quality is just sooo much better than apples from abroad. plus you should know that the laws are different within the european countries. so often what gets sold as ecological apples from the south can easily contain more pesticides than non-ecological apples from Denmark! that's because the law is so very strict in DK, as far as organic produce is concerned and this fires back nastily on those who are trying to produce a healthy and clean product. There are many farmers and owners of orchards which are in fact producing organic products, but who are not allowed to label them this way. so there's only one thing to do: taste your way forward. You can always taste what is real and what is faked!!!

DIE DÄNISCHEN GESETZE SIND SEHR STRENG, DAHER SIND NICHT-ÖKOLOGISCHE ÄPFEL AUS DK OFT WENIGER GESPRITZT, ALS ÖKOLOGISCHE AUS SÜDLICHEN LÄNDERN...

Guest rooms ¤¤¤ GÄSTEZIMMER

We recently finished the renovations on two guest rooms, which had been quite a big job, since we put a new floor into one, painted the floor in the other and in another room we even insulated and put in a new outside-door... so we've been very, very busy!

WIR HABEN GERADE 2 GÄSTEZIMMER GRÜNDLICH RENOVIERT...

But before I show you more picture... Does anybody still know what a dust sheet is?

It used to be fairly common in Britain and the States, but these days i must say i'm quite in doubt if anybody is really still using these...

Anyway, above you see the dust sheet, it comes over the main matraze and the top matraze and is below the normal sheet on sleeps on.

HIER DIE UNTERLAGE DES BETTES...

This is the final result on one of the guest rooms. but I have to say the lighting sucks, it was late at night and I just wanted to have a picture in bright light, so people could see the fabrics. normally I don't think people would have the bright lights on, but rather a cozy smaller lamp...

ALLES IST BEI GRELLEM LICHT FOTOGRAPHIERT, DAMIT MAN ALLES AUF DEN BILDERN GUT SEHEN KANN...

Also I have to admit, all the furniture do still need painting... well i have painted them white alright, BUT they are in time gonna be decorated with some small delicate old-fashioned flower patterns. But this will take a while to do and in the mean time it also looks alright this way.

DOCH ICH DENKE, DASS JEDER GAST LIEBER DIE GEMÜTLICHE ATMOSPHÄRE VON KLEINEREN lAMPEN GENIESSEN WIRD, WENN ER HIER IST. DANN IST ES NÄMLICH SO RICHTIG SCHÖN GEMÜTLICH...

The chairs are also going to be turned into a work of art - will millions of tiny golden dots which will create beautiful flower patterns...

ACH JA UND DIE WEISSEN MÖBEL WERDEN AUCH NOCH VERZIEHRT WERDEN - MIT KLEINEN BLÜMCHENRANKEN!

This is the other guest room, on a daily bases used by my oldest son as an office/music/entertainment room.

HIER DAS ANDERE GÄSTEZIMMER.

Again the picture was taken in bright light and with a flash, but it's really so cozy at night, because we have all these beautiful small lights there...

ES IST IN GRÜN UND WEISS GEHALTEN.

So I usually find the boys here, having a cozy time, enjoying music or a film...

UND ABENDS SIEHT ES DANN SO AUS, WENN ALLES IN DAS GEMÜTLICHE lICHT VON KLEINEN lICHTQUELLEN GETAUCHT IST...

And here you can see what it looks like in the evening with small, cozy lights on... It's a very romantic and relaxing atmosphere...