Petit English Garden of MARPLE & POIROT

My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc. In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.

庭の紹介

　夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました.　赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.

　2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.

10/19/2014

AGAPANTHUS & E.T.?

Today we divided agapanthus. This is the second time since we planted it seven years ago.
It flowers so well in June every year. We can expect much more flowers by separating.

Separate and dig up agapanthus

Plant it 30 cm apart each other

When I weeded white lily and campanula bed, I found something that looks like somebody...

Yes, it's E.T.!　　But what the hell is that??
It turned out to be seeds of red lycoris.

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In the kitchen garden, sweet peppers are changing their color from green to red or yellow.

Leaves of cherry are falling everyday, and Marple often sweeps them up.

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When we had almost finished today's gardening, we heard a loud noise of a helicopter, and noticed that it's a helicopter emergency medical service (ドクターヘリ). The helicopter landed on a parking field of a fishing port (rendezvous point), where an ambulance was waiting for the helicopter, which took a patient to a emergency hospital. I wish the patient was saved.