Water in a little fountain, a bath tub pool and a bird bath in our garden froze this morning. This was the first freezing this season. It was partly sunny but very cold today.
小さな噴水、風呂桶の池、そしてバードバスでは今朝氷が張っていました. 今シーズンの初氷でした. ときどき晴れの天気でしたがとても寒い日でした.
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honey suckle
12/30/2020
12/29/2020
GOOD HARVEST OF MINI-TOMATO (ミニトマトたくさん収穫)
Dwarf mini-tomato 'Tumbling Tom Red' was covered with plastic since late November and we had been picking red fruits. It became much colder, and we pulled whole plant up and harvested red and green fruits. Green fruits will be stored in a warm place, and become partly red.
矮性トマトのタンブリングトムレッドは11月の下旬からビニールで覆って、赤い実を採ってきましたが、さらに寒くなったので、掘り上げて赤い実も青い実も一緒に収穫しました. 青い実は暖かいところに置いておいて、そこそこ赤くなるます.
トマトの収穫
Addendum (31 Jan)
リンゴと一緒にビニール袋に入れて追熟して、トマトは全て赤くなりました
12/28/2020
PICKING CITRUS FRUITS (柑橘類収穫)
Fruits of lemon has turned to yellow, and its time for picking.
About fifty fruits were picked, some of which are used for making lemonade and lemon curd.
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| Lemon (bottom) and Mexican marigold (top) 下にレモン、上はレモンマリゴールド |
Citrus 'Tosa Buntan' bore fewer fruits this season.
About ten fruits were harvested, and will be stored for a month to make them more sweet.
土佐文旦は今年は実が少なくて、
10個ほど収穫して甘くするために1か月ほど保存します.
12/27/2020
HARVESTING POTATO (ジャガイモ収穫)
We planted potato 'Andes Red' in September, and harvested it.
It was about 5kg.
Its leaves were shredded and thrown in the compost bin.
We throughly cut asparagus stems and leaves, too.
9月に植えたジャガイモのアンデスレッドを収穫しました.
およそ5キロ
葉っぱは細かく切ってコンポスト容器に入れました.
アスパラの茎や葉も完全に切りました.
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| Was this a bulbil of potato? これってジャガイモのむかご？ |
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| A potted conifer, which we used as a Christmas tree, was placed in a raised bed. クリスマスツリーに使った鉢植えのコニファーはレイズドベッドに戻しました. |
ジャガイモの収穫
12/26/2020
WALKING ALONG THE LOCAL BEACH (近くの海岸を散歩)
Nigi-no-hama is a 6-kilometer-long arch-shaped sandy beach, and has been selected as one of the 100 best beaches for white sand and green pines in Japan. On the beautiful coastline, which is crowded with surfers throughout the four seasons, the scene of the Mongolian invasion in the NHK historical drama "Hojo Tokimune" was filmed. The beach is very close to our house, and one day of the last week I visited there and walk along the beach for a while because of beautiful weather except for the cold wind.
In the fall of 2012, the coastal forest of Nigi-no-hama was devastated by the pine dieback. All of the damaged trees were cut down, and the landscape was dramatically changed. Since then, seedlings have been planted and young trees are growing.
幣の浜は、6キロメートルの長さの弓張形の砂浜で、日本の白砂青松100選にも選ばれています。四季を通じて多くのサーファーでにぎわう美しい海岸線では、NHK大河ドラマ「北条時宗」の蒙古襲来シーンの撮影も行われました。海岸は我が家のすぐ近くにあり、先週のある日、冷たい風が吹く以外は天気が良かったので、しばらく海岸を歩いてみました。
2012 年秋のマツ枯れにより幣の浜の海岸林は壊滅的被害を受け，被害木がすべて伐採されて景観が劇変しました．その後、苗木の植え付けが行われて、幼木が育ってきています。
On the sandy beach, Artemisia capillaris was showing its beautiful silver leaves in the cold of winter.
砂浜にはカワラヨモギが冬の寒さの中で美しい銀葉を見せていました.
A fence made of thin logs has been set up on the beach to block the wind. I pray that the beautiful white sand and green pines of the coast will be restored.
砂浜には風を遮るために、細い丸太で作った柵が設置されています。
白砂青松の美しい海岸が再生されることを祈ります。
12/24/2020
12/22/2020
FATSIA FLOWER (ヤツデの花)
Fatsia japonica is distributed in the southwestern part of Japan. It is an evergreen shrub, growing to a height of 2 - 5 meters. Flowering season is in late autumn (October-December), and the spherical inflorescences are clustered at the end of the stem to form a large conical inflorescence. It has started to flower in our garden.
八手（学名: Fatsia japonica）は日本の南西部に分布しています. 常緑の低木で、高さは2 - 5メートルほどになります. 花期は晩秋（10 - 12月）で、茎の先に球状の散形花序がさらに集まって大きな円錐花序をつくります. うちの庭でその花が咲き始めました.
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