Hi!I'm Vita and I'm behind sanke livet

I come from a Baltic culture where gathering mushrooms, wild plants and herbs is a natural part of the year. In spring we looked for the first nettles, and I learned how to pick them without stinging my fingers. Later they became Sunday's nettle soup. In summer I climbed old lime trees; the flowers were dried and brought out again as warm tea with honey when a cold came. In autumn the mushroom walks were almost like hide-and-seek in the forest, and the porcini we found turned up again as sauces and warm dishes through the dark winter months.

I have now lived half my life in Norway, and Nordmarka has become my home forest. I often return to the old forest, with its small streams, moss and mushrooms. Even the dead trees are full of life: bracket fungi, slime moulds, mosses, insects and small animals. Many of the species depend entirely on the dead wood.

Through sanke livet I create experiences where knowledge of nature, flavour, calm and wonder work together – so that something from the walk can stay with you as knowledge, memories, energy or joy in life.