Where did our summer go?!?

We honestly don`t know what happened.

First there was spring, then there was
some dodgy weather, then the fall was upon us. The weather is still shite and close to nothing has been done in the garden. Most of the lawn was killed during two weeks of hard rain and all that is left dark clay-like soil slowly being covered by
the fallen leaves.
We where lucky to have some swedish help this weekend and some trimming of trees was done.Now the view is, if possible, even more spectacular.

The evil brownslug was in overwhelming numbers this year and the few we off`ed won`t make much difference. We will use the winter to think up cunning traps to kill as many as possible, as early as possible when they return after spawning like the evil maggots they are. The battle is lost, not the war..

Enjoy the colors of the fall and have a nice day...

A fern (bregne) to remember!

Ferns are nice and we want to avoid upsetting them too much.


In the middle of the path around the house a fern had lived for several years.
We carefully dug it out and moved it to a perfectly shady place. Now, after a couple of weeks, it seems to thrive on it`s new location. The digging itself was pure pleasure and it showed that the trash we already picked up was not the tip of trash mountain.

Above you can see sjefens supreme digging technique.


It has started rolling out more branches and we are very optimistic about its future.
Say hello to your friends and have a nice day.

Sunflower fix and a strange cleanup session

The sunflower bed has new stones! The leca stones are now free to be used somewhere else. Haven`t got a plan for them, but i`m sure they will do more good somewhere else than looking ugly by the someday blossoming sunflowers. One of the stones has to stay for now as it is in a crucial corner protecting a drainage pocket.




Outside the kitchen window there where several plastic bags with bottles left there by someone living here years ago. Some of them had shattered by getting filled with water then frozen during the winter.
There where of course a lot of soil and leaves around the bags and there lived the biggest earthworms seen yet in the garden.






This is the earthworm Fleip-Andre. He-she is a big brother!














Yellow.

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 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.

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!