We visited local nurseries last weekend. There was some Christmas decorations in a shop. We bought some young plants as well as gardening goods. We got a 2021 calendar as a free gift, in which photos of our garden were printed.
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.
We visited local nurseries last weekend. There was some Christmas decorations in a shop. We bought some young plants as well as gardening goods. We got a 2021 calendar as a free gift, in which photos of our garden were printed.
Warmer days continued last week, and some flowers were in bloom in the potager. Foxglove was unusual in December. Leaves of potato were still green in raised beds and in frames. Sprouting broccoli grows well in a triangular raised bed.
先週は暖かい日が続いて、ポタジェでは少し花も咲いていました. ジギタリスは12月には季節外れです. レイズドベッドとフレームのジャガイモの葉はまだ緑色、ブロッコリーは三角のレイズドベッドでよく育っています.
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| White flowers of Fatsia japonica and purple flowers of glory bush. ヤツデの白い花と、ノボタンの紫の花 |
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| Rosa 'Cocktail' バラのカクテル |
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| Rosa 'Mary Rose' バラのメアリーローズ |
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| Foxglove in a pentagonal bed ジギタリス |
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| Pentagonal raised beds and frames 五角形のレイズドベッドとフレーム |
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| Sprouting broccoli ブロッコリー |
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| Potato ジャガイモ |
Colours of stems of red and yellow barked dogwood have become more vivid these days. Their vivid colours continue until spring, and it is a beautiful focal point in winter.
サンゴミズキと黄金ミズキの茎の色がとても鮮やかになりました. この鮮やかな色は春まで続き、冬の美しい見どころです.
Snow Goose and Geoff Hamilton are in bloom in a cold wind. The flowers are shaken by the wind. Some flowers of Snow Goose look more yellowish than those in summer.
スノーグースとジェフハミルトンが冷たい風の中で咲いています. 花は風に揺れています. スノーグースの花は夏の花より黄色っぽいものも咲いています.
We made a raised bed for snowdrop and white muscari in the bluebell garden, and planted snowdrop bulbs in September. I once have heard a tradition of Scotland that the finder of a snowdrop before the first of January would be in luck all the coming year. Therefore, I delighted to find 'four' snowdrop flowers early in December.
九月にブルーベルの庭にスノードロップと白のムスカリのためのレイズドベッド(花壇)を作り、スノードロップの球根を植えました. スコットランドではお正月の前にスノードロップの花をみつけた人は、一年間ずっと幸運に恵まれるという言い伝えがあると聞いたことがあります。それで、十二月の早い時期に4つもスノードロップの花を見つけて、びっくりしてうれしくなりました.
Echium candicans is a perennial plant with wonderful flower spikes. We grow it in the blue border beside the arbour seat for several years. It showed superb display last April and bore seedheads with numerous seeds.
エキウムカンディカンスは素晴らしい花穂をつける多年草です. ブルーのボーダー花壇の屋根付きベンチの横でここ数年育てています. 今年の四月には壮麗な姿を見せてくれ、そのあと花柄にたくさんの種をつけました.
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| In April |
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| In May |