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.
At the end of May, the foxgloves are almost finished flowering and many seeds are maturing. The roses are also almost finished. The flax flowers are almost finished and many seeds are maturing.
And there are now many corn poppies and cornflowers in bloom.
In June, we collect the seeds of digitalis and flax, as well as of poppies and cornflowers.
In the vegetable raised beds, asparagus is producing lots of flowers and berries after many spring shoots have been harvested. Potatoes are flowering, dwarf tomato plants are growing and soy bean seeds have germinated.
The Potager Garden is at its most glorious at the beginning of May. Surrounded by espalier apple trees, digitalis, poppies, flax, cornflower and roses bloom, vegetables grow and the garden becomes an ornamental kitchen garden.
The Potager garden is now flourishing at the end of April. The poppies and foxgloves are starting to flower and the rosebuds are swelling. The raised beds near the entrance have a meadow garden style this year, with several different types of flowers growing together. In the raised beds at the back, the asparagus is growing large and will soon form a bush.