In the first picture you can find my fingers, a ladybug and small yellow balls.

I found them in the soil, close to roots of a plant (Hardy Kiwi) that died last year, probably because of heat stress (I've described the problem [also on StackExchange](https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/20317/yellow-leaves-in-hardy-kiwi)).

What is it?

* Eggs of a snail?
* Balls with fertilizer?

I got the plant at a local nursery. I have not been adding any fertilizer myself, when planting it, so it probably have been included in the plant original soil by the nursery.

[![Normal scale](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qQgxq.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qQgxq.jpg)

[![Zoom in](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wcapl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wcapl.jpg)

[![After squeezing](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bRUqB.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bRUqB.jpg)