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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.
The colder it gets, the more I want to eat a baked sweet potato. These days we often bake sweet potatoes on the grill of our built-in gas stove in the kitchen, but there's nothing quite like grilling over an open fire.
寒くなると焼き芋が食べたくなります。最近は台所のコンロのグリルで焼くことも多いですが、はやり焚火で焼くのは格別です。とても寒くなってきたので、ポタジェのバーベキューコンロで乾かしていた庭の剪定枝を燃やしてサツマイモを焼きました。
Wrap them in wet kitchen paper and then in aluminium foil and place them under the fire. In about an hour they will be soft and ready to eat.
濡らしたキッチンペーパーで包んだ上からさらにアルミホイルで包んで、焚火の下に置きます。およそ1時間ほどで軟らかくなって、食べごろです。
The rose ’Dainty Bess' is gradually blooming in the border flower beds of the potager, where the cold wind is blowing. Because of the cooler temperatures, flowering is proceeding slowly.
I found and photographed a flower that had just started to open, and the next day it had opened a little further. It is only in the cold season that the flowers last longer.
冷たい風が吹き抜けるポタジェのボーダー花壇で、バラのデンティベスが少しずつ咲いています。気温が下がったため、開花はゆっくり進みます。
開き始めた花を見つけて撮影し、次の日はほんの少しさらに開いていました。花が長く持つのは寒い季節ならではです。
The weather had been warm until last week, but this week, after the rain on Monday, a cold air mass came down from the north and it suddenly became as cold as winter.
Even during the daytime, the temperature was only just over 10 degrees Celsius, and with no sunshine and strong wind, it felt really cold.
Our town, located on the northern coast of Kyushu Island, has a lot of cloudy weather in winter, which is a little depressing.
A couple who lives nearby goes to the Kanto region (near Tokyo) only during the winter. I would like to do so if I could. I wish I could do that, but I can't, because I have many gardening jobs in winter.
先週まで暖かい日が続いていましたが、今週になって月曜日の雨を境に寒気団が北から降りてきて、一気に冬のような寒さになりました。
日中も気温は10℃あまりしかなく、日差しがなく風が強いと本当に寒く感じます。
九州の北岸にある私たちの町は冬は曇りがちの天気が多くて少し憂鬱です。
近くに住むご夫婦は冬の間だけ関東地方に行かれます。できるならそうしたいところです。でも冬には冬の大事な庭仕事もあるので、そういうわけにも行きません。
It's late autumn and some of the deciduous trees in the garden are losing their leaves or changing colour, and the flowers and plants are dwindling. Despite this, some roses are still in flower.
晩秋となり、庭では一部の落葉樹が葉を落とし、あるいは紅葉し、草花も減ってきています. そんな中でも、いくつかのバラはまだ花を咲かせています.
In the main garden, the lemons and oranges are beginning to change colour. The tender flowers such as coleus are almost finished. The Lantana montevidensis will continue to produce purple flowers for some time to come. Chaste tree is still blooming, which mainly flowers in summer, but they will soon be pruned and will go dormant for the winter.
メインガーデンでは、レモンやオレンジが色づき始めました. 寒さに弱いコリウスなどの草花はもうすぐ終わりです. コバノランタナはこれからしばらく紫の花を咲かせ続けます. 夏の花のセイヨウニンジンボクがまだ最後の花を咲かせていますが、まもなく剪定の時期で、冬は休眠します.
La Parisienne(パリジェンヌ) |
Lantana montevidensis(コバノランタナ) |
asclepias(アスクルピアス) |
chaste tree(セイヨウニンジンボク) |
Glory bush(ノボタン) |
Potato(ジャガイモ) |
Mary Rose(メアリーローズ) |
Karin(カリン) |
The rose 'Angela' is blooming on the iron arch. It is blooming well in spite of damages by disease or insects. There are fewer flowers than in May, but the bright pink petals are very beautiful.
In the morning, when the sun begins to shine in the garden, the beauty is exceptional.
アーチの上でバラのアンジェラが咲いています. 病気や害虫の食害にも負けずに咲いています. 五月に比べると花数は少ないですが、鮮やかなピンクの花びらがとても綺麗です.
朝、庭に日が射し始める時刻、美しさも格別です.