When the nights grow cooler, the birches turn gold one by one and the forest begins to smell of damp moss and fallen leaves. The light lies low across the fields, and every walk seems to end with a full pocket or a full bucket.
The forest pantry
Lingonberries ripen in late summer and autumn, and in a good year chanterelles glow among the moss. What you find depends on the weather and the season. Pick only what you know — and never eat a mushroom you cannot identify with complete certainty.
Autumn is also the season of the moose rut, when the bulls are on the move. Watch from a distance at dawn or dusk, drive slowly, and remember that autumn is also hunting season in the Swedish forest — wear something bright when you walk.
