A daily blog to keep my friends and family up-to-speed with my 3-month sabbatical at the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) in Suonenjoki, Finland. For my birding friends, I'll post the "new" birds seen each day.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tuesday, 16 Jun


Another mostly basic day at work, except this afternoon I had a good meeting with Risto and Juha discussing our experiment using biochar as an amendment to peat moss for growing seedlings. I think we've about decided on a study plan, and hopefully we can do some preliminary testing in a month or so. After lunch I moved what I'm taking to Sweden down to the cabin by the lake, which will be the Dumroese abode when we return. I'll brag more about that later. About 15:00 Risto and I headed off to Kuopio so that I could pick up the rental car for use the next few days in Sweden. I ended up with a German-made Opel Vectra Wagon. It should work just fine. I cruised back to Suonenjoki, bought a disposable cooler for the road, cleaned my apartment, finished off the leftovers, and now it's about time to call it a day. Tomorrow I'm off to Vaasa to grab the ferry across the Gulf of Bothnia, landing in Umea, Sweden. Then it's an hour drive to Vindeln. Deb and Niklaas should be arriving around midnight. It'll be good to see Deb and Niklaas again. I'm anxious to hear about his adventures in Louisiana.

I think the hostel in Vindeln has WiFi. If not, I'll update you when I return to Suonenjoki sometime around the 24th.

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I'm a research plant physiologist with the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystem Program. I'm also the National Nursery Specialist for the Forest Service.