In this week's Odder News, enormous pumpkins, LARPing in honor of Alexander Nevsky, and horses in cars.

There’s no doing without hay in the village. The cows eat it, and the sheep, and the hens need loads of it for their nests. And it comes in handy for people too, when they stuff their mattresses with it and lie on them forevermore, because the scent is just marvelous.

A shawarma shop accidentally delves into urban agriculture, much to the delight of city residents. 

It looks like a penal colony in Russia’s Oryol region has met the challenge of prison reform with a solution as cool as a cucumber.

In this week's Odder News, moose loose, ghost spotted, and hemp growing under the government's nose.

Grow parsley for the wrong reason and you could land up in jail.

This tiny Siberian berry packs a powerful punch – both in flavor and health benefits. 

Unusually warm weather brings bright yellow blossoms to the region much earlier than normal.

Russian scientists are attempting to bring tea cultivation to more Northern regions of the country. 

A new and unusual dairy industry has entered the Moscow region. 

A dairy farmer in Russia's coldest village has found a way to keep his cow's udders warm in the dead of winter.

A well-to-do Russian tries to bring his green new ideal to life in a Russian village. Not all goes to plan.