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.

2/24/2023

VISITING BIRD IN THE GARDEN AFTER RAIN (雨のあと、庭にシロハラ)

After the rain, when the garden was a little drier, the pale thrust (Turdus pallidus), which often come to the garden during the winter months, appeared. The pale thrust is a slightly larger bird that walks around on the ground, pecking here and there, looking for food. The areas where they peck are a little messy and easily recognisable.

It was a little wary on the sleepers, but pecked here and there in the peony beds.

This is a bird that will be gone before you know it when spring arrives.

雨が上がって庭が少し乾いてきたとき、冬の間よく庭に来るシロハラがやってきました. シロハラは少し大きめの小鳥で、地面を歩き回ってあちこち突いて餌をさがします. シロハラが突いたところは少し散らかっていて、すぐに分かります.

枕木の上では少し警戒していましたが、ピオニーの花壇ではあちこち突いていました.

春が来るといつのまにか居なくなる鳥です.