今日の動画:ポタジェで突然の出会い
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 red-clawed crab lives in East Asia, including Japan, and inhabits rocky shores, banks, stone walls, forests, and wetlands along the coast and riversides. It is a species of crab that is well adapted to aridity.
They usually live in burrows and are often seen in our gardens on rainy days.
アカテガニは日本を含む東アジアに住み、海岸や川辺の岩場、土手、石垣、森林、湿地等に生息します. カニの中でも乾燥によく適応した種類です.
普段は穴に住んでいて、雨の日はよく庭で見かけます.
When young, their bodies are brown, but as they grow larger, the front of their bodies, including their hands, turn red.
小さい時は体は茶色ですが、大きくなると手を含めて体の前方が赤くなってきます.
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| Blue sky seen through a rift in the clouds |
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| Nothing is wrong in the garden |
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| After continuous rain fall, crabs are walking across the roads. |
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| Red claws crab (Chiromantes haematocheir) |