This article is part of my Permaculture Diploma Portfolio. [Erkki's DPA main page][The Portfolio] Our coordinates at Iso-orvokkiniitty in Karjalohja are lat 60° 13.985'  lon 23° 41.966’. So we are in South-West Finland 85 km west from Helsinki. 60° North is pretty north if you look at the world map. Apart from Helsinki and southern Finland, other places that are roughly at 60° North are Stockholm (59°), Oslo (59°), St Petersburg (60°) and Anchorage (61°). However if you would travel around the world on the 60° latitude circle, for the most part you wouldn't encounter a lot of fellow people....