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.

11/02/2021

HORSE MANURE FOR MAKING COMPOST (堆肥作りのための馬糞)

Every autumn I visit a nearby riding club and get horse manure. The horse manure is piled up in a big pile in the field, from where we shovel it into bags and drive it to our house. It is then put into a compost bin at the back of the garden.

As the horse manure is immature, we mix it with prunings, weeded grass and vegetable scraps from the garden to make compost. The compost bin is divided into three compartments: horse manure on the left, compost in the middle and on the right, but now the middle compartment is filled with mature compost and the right compartment is filled with plant waste from the garden and kitchen.

毎年秋に近所にある乗馬クラブを訪ねて、馬糞をもらいます. 馬糞は野積みされて大きな山になっていますので、そこからスコップで袋に入れて車で家まで運びます. そして庭の奥にあるコンポスト容器に入れます.

馬糞は未成熟なので、庭の剪定くずや除草した草、野菜くずなどと混ぜて堆肥を作ります. コンポスト容器は3つの部屋に分けていて、左側に馬糞、真ん中と右が堆肥ですが、今は真ん中は完熟した堆肥になっていて、右側に庭や台所から出た植物のくずを入れています.