Today's work was mainly to prepare the area in front of the cottage to receive a firm ground. This means we have bought tiles which will be placed in front of the house, thus allowing us a nicer place to have a table and chairs for meals and coffee etc. I am looking foward to that.
For this operation we had to remove a tree which was beginning to grow in front of the cottage and replant it somewhere else. Chris had a hard time trying to reach the roots of the tree but after a lot of sweat, he managed.
I planted some daisies and took away some weeds. I have to say that although gardening in general is a very pleasant job, I told Chris today that I am looking forward to the day we can actually enjoy Skogsveien for relaxation only or at least longer relaxation periods. For the time being the work seems endless!
I also realised today that not only the snails can damage the plants. Actually, I think I have been blaming the snails for more then they deserve. I say this based on the fact that I replanted two of my dwarf sunflowers on a vase (from earth to a pot), since their leaves were being eaten up constantly. I thought this was being done by snails, poor them. However, when I got to the garden today I saw that the healthy leaves that had been left were again being eaten up. It was obvious there were no snails in the pot! It could only have been the birds! So, what now? Birds are birds and it's lovely to have them around. I even buy food for them to keep them near. This imposes a big dilemma :)
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