Fruit growing in Österlen

My grandfather, Carl Olsson, bought an area of 15 hectares for SEK 8500 in South Mellby. It really was a primeval forest, but he wanted to start growing fruit there – and everyone mocked at him about his idea. He dug everything by hand, the whole area.

Since it is quite close to The King’s Grave (Kungagraven or Kiviksgraven in Swedish), my family also found some archaeological objects like this …