Hello

I am brand new to this forum, so I will be having a lot of questions on country life. For 32 years, I have lived in large towns - with all the traffic, shops, and everything else that goes along with it. Now, I live in a rural area which is at least 30 min. from those places. So, there are things that I don't understand.

This is just a curiosity. Every so often, I see signs along the road that says "fresh oil". What does this mean, and why is there fresh oil? Recently, a road was tarred, which made it pretty nice. But then a few weeks weeks later, they put one of those oil signs up. And then, pebbles were put down. Now the road is rough. Why do they do this?

Stefan