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The sunflower corner

Cleaning up outside sjefens window revealed rich soil, sadly there where also old rotten plastic and other unidentifiable items positively bursting with asbestos. This was carefully removed of course.

We needed to have some use for the leaf/soil mix from the north side and a sunflower bed was the natural choice. The stones we used are, as you can see, not very fitting. The leca stones should be used somewhere else and we have begun gathering rocks by the trail to replace them.

Allting er så grått og trist(everything is so grey and sad)

The weather is scitzophrenic to say the least.
Warm, cold, snow, rain, hail, sun. No hurricane yet, but we won`t hold our breath. The thing that bothers us the most is the moist. The ongoing battle on the vines exposes bare ground and the soil is extremely slippery and washes easily away here in Bergen.
Therefore the plan to grow a lawn outside my window is in progress.
We need to build up a wall and fill in some pure earth and sow the grass.
Hopefully I will get around to posting some pictures of the cleanup behind the west wing and maybe a sketch of the ongoing lawn project.
Have a nice day!

This is a flower!
What kind of flower is it?

The plan that became some other plan.

This weekend we where suppose to begin construction of a greenhouse. We where not even remotely close to beginning this project. Instead we did some badly needed maintenance on the house itself.

this is sjefen in the process of securing a rope to the
threatening branch in order to avoid damaging the roof of the west wing.
After removing a branch that was closing in on the 2knd floor kitchen window. We started cleaning off the roof after probably over a decade of neglect.

The roof had more dirt than leaves and there where small plants and trees growing several places. This is the brutal removal of a tiny tree

After trying to use a branch it was obvious that getting ones hand dirty was the quick and thorough way to do it.

After this we started preparing a nice corner for some sunflowers that will have earth and leaves to grow in. Soon there will be pictures of the "new" roof and of the new hangout outside sjefens window. Feel free to comment or suggest tasks and projects. Fred og Hygge til alle.






all photos by: Linn Kjersti the glassmaker

This weekend we will hopefully start building the greenhouse and continue
to cut down and haul away things we do not want around. Sjefen`s brother Sindre
will be helping with the construction and the eating of breakfasts. We will also try to find a more suitable place for the broken couch currently dying under our beloved balcony(priority). This weekend will also include the baking of tradisjonal birthday cake , probably nothing like , but just as tasty as the one sjefen recived for his birthday(shown below).

The south wing of Brattlien 38

Everyone here in our garden hope`s too see you soon and that you have a wonderful weekend.
Next week we will publish new pictures of the garden and we hope there is great difference from its current state.
Till next time, remember to water your indoor plants.

This is the glassmaker

This is Linn. She likes the sun and, as you can see, we let her eat with us sometimes when she promises to behave at the table. She is very good at letting sjefen know that he does good work in the garden. We are very glad to have her in Brattlien. Thanks goes to "den tenksome Vraslosken" and "Repthule" for connecting us all.

The Evil vines of Brattlien

The Evil vines of Wrath, which isn't evil at all, grow everywhere i our garden. They start at the bottom of the trail and climbs to the roof of the west wing. I`m sure they are damaging the house and something needs to be done. I`m hoping I don`t have to cut them all down and instead I will try to pull most of it off the wall(of the house) and show it where it can grow in peace, like in a big peace sign maybe.
It is of course possible that you have snow(like the snow that came last night) and are unwilling to battle the vines in such harsh conditions and therefore spend the day creating the ultimate triple Decker sandwich.
This one was made in November and has the following ingredients:

• cucumber
• finely sliced onion rings
• thin tomato slices(thin is important for the stability and enables you to use as much tomato as you like)
• matured Chev re
  
• butter
• mayonnaise
  
• spinach
  
• salt and pepper
• a thin layer of mustard on one side of one deck

I think that`s about it on this sandwich and this post. Have a splendid whatever.

Viewing

The View
Is stupid and avkvard to describe with words, much like sjefens own vocabulary,
therefore the pictures will do the talking.

Below: breakfast at Brattlien where sjefen obviously has made a comment
that Mr. Mong frowns upon, possibly that onions are perfect with brown cheese and sour cream with salt and pepper on top(if you feel really funky you might even kick it all off with some finely chopped garlic, superb for the experienced sandwich eater)
Same situation, different background.

A new beginning

This will become a blog about our garden. Which is special even if I`m the only one that thinks so.

Soon there will be plans and pictures to support our(my) opinion.

Suggestions are more than welcome

Peace on earth!
Fred på jord!