On these trellises of the kitchen garden, grape vines had been trained. It is a Japanese popular variety 'Kyoho', whose fruits are famous for its big size and splendid sweetness.
As some of the wood pieces of the trellises have got out of place, I fixed them with thin wires before pruning and training.
(ポタジェのトレリスにブドウのつるを誘引しています。品種は人気のある「巨峰」で、実が大きくとても甘いことで知られています。格子の細木が何箇所かではずれていたので、細い針金で固定してから剪定と誘引をしました。)
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Some wood pieces were out of place. |
At first, grape vines were unfixed from the trellis and I cut dead or unnecessary branches. Then, I trained vines with appropriate intervals (20-30cm) between them with hemp‐palm rope.
(まず、ブドウのつるをトレリスからはずして、枯れた側枝や不要な側枝は切ります。そして、つるの間隔を適当に取りながら棕櫚縄を使って誘引しました。)
Badgers and crows often came to eat grapes, and it is quite difficult to prevent them to come. How will it be this year, and I wonder how much we could eat?
(アナグマやカラスがよくブドウを食べにくるけど、来ないようにするのは難しいです。ことしはどうでしょうか、どれくらい私たちの口に入るでしょうか?)