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 summer of 2022 was really hot, but the mornings and evenings have become much cooler since the beginning of October.
The purple asters are in full bloom in the potager. The dwarf sunflowers (Sunbelievable), whose leaves were damaged by a typhoon in September, have recovered a little and are still flowering, albeit in small numbers.
In the raised bed with a standard rose, many Echium vulgare are sprouting from spilt seeds. Seedlings that sprouted a little earlier are already bearing blue flowers.
In the dahlia raised bed, all three dahlia varieties went dormant after dying in the summer due to the intense heat, and one of them has sprouted and is growing a little. As a replacement for the dahlias, the zinnias are now in full bloom with many flowers.
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