BLUEBELLS ARE IN FULL BLOOM WITH WHITE BELLS (ブルーベルがホワイトベルと一緒に満開)

  English bluebells are beautiful bulbous plants that bloom in the spring woods of England. We grow them in our garden in the hope of seeing...

HARVESTING SPRING CABBAGE (春キャベツの収穫)

  The spring cabbage planted in December has grown a lot, so we harvested one and tried it. Thanks to the fine netting, there are no insect ...

CUTE FLOWERS OF MUBE (STAUNTONIA HEXAPHYLLA) ARE FULL BLOOMING (ムベの可愛らしい花が満開)

  Mube (Stauntonia hexaphylla) flowers are in full bloom in the reinforcing rod arch between the main garden and the bluebell garden. The ar...

SHADE GARDEN IN MID-APRIL (四月中旬のシェードガーデン)

  The shade garden next to the garden room receives very little daylight, except in the mornings and evenings, as the garden room blocks the...

LOOKING AROUND OUR GARDENS IN MID-APRIL: AZALEAS AND BLUEBELLS (四月中旬の庭の見回り、ツツジとブルーベル)

  Today we will show you the route through the western end of the main garden, behind the brick wall and through to the bluebell garden. 今日は...

DARK PURPLE AKEBIA FLOWERS (アケビの濃い紫色の花)

  Last year, we built a fence for the clematis and the akebia using welded wire mesh along the walls of the house. The clematis bloomed beau...

FIRST PICKINGS OF SWISS CHARD THIS SEASON (今年最初のスイスチャードの収穫)

  The Swiss chard growing with the cabbage in the pentagonal raised beds in the potager has grown and started to be picked. We immediately h...

WHITE FLOWERS IN OUR GARDENS (庭で咲いている白い花たち)

  March to May is the best time of year for gardens. It is exciting to be out in the garden. Today I would like to show you some of the whit...

OPEN GARDEN in 2024 （令和6年オープンガーデン）

  This year's Open Garden of our Petit English Garden will be held on the 11th and 12th of May.  The garden is open from 10am to 4pm.  The e...

BLUEBERRY HAS STARTED TO FLOWER (ブルーベリーが開花)

  In the garden, fruit trees are flowering one after another, starting with plum blossoms in March. Blueberries have also started to flower....

REMOVAL OF CENTRAL FLOWERBED IN PROGRESS: RELOCATION OF OBELISK (中央花壇撤去作業は進行中：オベリスクの移設)

  The removal of the central flower bed is progressing slowly. The obelisk has now been relocated. This obelisk is made of aluminium and has...

PRUNING BOXWOOD HEDGES IN SPRING (セイヨウツゲの生垣の春剪定)

  Many new shoots have grown on boxwood in the Potager. Some of them are starting to harbour pests (boxwood moth larvae), so we have pruned ...

ROCKET-SHAPED PERENNIAL BUDBURST (ロケット形の多年草の芽吹き)

  In March, rocket-shaped shoots grow gnarled out of the soil. Those who have never seen them before are a little surprised at their odd sha...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: April Rain to Nurture Plants and Trees

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CHINESE QUINCE HAS STARTED TO FLOWER (カリンが開花)

  The quince is a fruit tree that produces many lovely dark pink flowers around the time of cherry blossom. The contrast between the vibrant...

WILD CHERRY BLOSSOMS SHINING IN THE NIGHT SKY (夜空に輝く山桜の花)

  The annual illumination of the wild cherry blossoms is on again this year. Walking from the main garden to the bluebell garden, I saw cher...

WILD CHERRY MOVED INTO BLOOM AFTER DAYS OF RAIN (連日の雨のあと、山桜が満開へ)

  After four days of rain since flowering, the weather has been fine for the first time in a long time and the wild cherry tree is in full b...

HARIO TRANSMITTING STATION IN SASEBO, NAGASAKI（佐世保の針尾送信所を訪ねて）

  When we visited Saikai Bridge on the outskirts of Sasebo City last summer, we saw a line of three tall towers in the distance from the obs...

THREE-STOREY CAROUSEL IN HUIS TEN BOSCH (ハウステンボスの三階建てメリーゴーランド)

  We took our first ride on the three-storey merry-go-round, which was built in Huis Ten Bosch in December 2022.  There was a queue for each...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Wild Cherry Has Started to Bloom

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HUIS TEN BOSCH FILLED WITH TULIPS (チューリップがいっぱいのハウステンボス)

  We visited Huis Ten Bosch in spring. It was a cold day with a strong cold wind, although the weather was fine. The park is full of tulips....

PLUM BLOSSOMED AT ONCE IN WARM WEATHER (陽気でスモモが一気に開花)

  Suddenly the plums have blossomed all at once due to the warm weather. With so many flowers in bloom, the garden is springing up at once. ...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Miss Marple Makes the Potager Rounds

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BLUE AND PURPLE FLOWERS IN MARCH (三月の青と紫の花たち)

  I walked around our early spring garden looking for blue and purple flowers, and found more than ten different types, which I would like t...

CUTTING PRUNIG WASTE INTO SMALL PIECES FOR COMPOSTING (剪定くずを細かく切ってコンポストへ)

  Most of the winter garden work has been done, but the ginger lilies had not yet been pruned. I cut them off at the edge of the ground and ...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Season When the Water is Warming Up

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CUTE RED LATERNS OF TRAILING ABUTILON (可愛らしい赤のランタン、ウキツリボク)

  Trailing abutilon is a perennial herb native to Brazil and is evergreen in our region. It is still flowering a lot in early spring. The re...

NARCISSUS 'TETE-A-TETE', A DWARF DAFFODIL (可愛いミニスイセンのテータテート)

  Tete-a-tete is a lovely miniature daffodil that blooms in early spring. It is mainly grown in pots in our garden, but also blooms a bit in...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: The Main and Bluebell Gardens in Early Spring

  今日の動画：早春の主庭とブルーベルの庭 - Months and days pass steadily - ブログランキングへクリック Click to English Garden Blog Ranking にほんブログ村 Another English Garden Ra...

THE POTAGER GARDEN IN EARLY SPRING (早春のポタジェガーデン)

  In March, we still have cold days like midwinter, but the season is steadily welcoming spring. Vegetables and flower plants are growing an...

CHINESE VIOLET CRESS HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO BLOOM (オオアラセイトウがもう咲きだしました)

  Chinese violet cress is a cruciferous plant with purple flowers in spring. It germinates in autumn, grows gradually in winter, flowers in ...

INSTALLING HANDRAILS ON SLEEPER STEPS (枕木の階段に手すりを設置)

  Shrub roses have been growing on both sides of the sleeper steps in the centre of the main garden, but for safety reasons we have decided ...

SNOWFLAKE, PRETTY EARLY SPRING FLOWER (早春の可愛い花、スノーフレーク)

  Snowflake is a bulbous plant that blooms in early spring with bell-shaped flowers. It is grown in pots in our garden and has just come int...

MAKING HOMEMADE LEMON JUICE (自家製レモン果汁作り)

  We have been harvesting ripe lemons little by little since the end of last year, and now we have used them to squeeze lemon juice. We will...

HARDENBERGIA'S SPRING HAS ARRIVED (ハーデンベルギアの春がきた)

  Purple and pink Hardenbergia have started to bloom on the fence behind the arbour seat. These flowers start to bloom in late February each...

REPLANTING PLANTS ON THE SLEEPER STEPS (枕木の階段の植物の植え替え)

  Shrub roses have been growing on both sides of the sleeper steps in the centre of the garden from the outset. We decided to add a handrail...

SINGLE AND DOUBLE HELLEBORES (一重と八重のクリスマスローズ)

  It's time for hellebores to bloom. We have been growing single pink ones in the shade garden for ten years now. They shine in the morning ...

PRUNING VINES ON THE WALL OF THE GARDEN ROOM (ガーデンルームの壁のつる植物の剪定)

  Vine plants are trained to the walls on either side of the wide glass doors in the garden room. On the right side is a passion flower and ...

TODAY'S SHOT: Valentine's Day

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THE POTAGER IN FEBRUARY (二月のポタジェ)

  The flax, which was sown early in the potager, has already started to flower a little, partly due to the mild winter. The flowers are smal...

PRUNING ROSES ON THE BRICK WALL (レンガ塀のバラの剪定)

  This time we pruned the roses on the brick wall. Most of the leaves have fallen off. Only Pat Austin has a few flowers left. Dead leaves, ...

WINTER PRUNING OF ROSA 'ANGELA' ON THE ARCH (アーチのバラ、アンジェラの冬剪定)

  Winter pruning of Angela, the iron arch climbing rose. I cut dead branches, thin branches and side branches while using a stepladder for t...

WHITE AND YELLOW NARCISSUS (白と黄色の水仙の花)

  There are several varieties of narcissus in the garden, with the early varieties starting to flower in December. The yellow narcissus is b...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Pat Austin Cut Before Winter Pruning

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POTTING ROSES IN THE CENTRAL FLOWER BED (中央花壇のバラの鉢上げ)

  We are gradually preparing for the removal of the central flowerbed. There have been so many terribly cold and rainy days recently that we...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: WINTERREISE (WINTER JOURNEY) BY SCHUBERT

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THE SECOND COLD WAVE BROUGHT A LIGHT COVERING OF SNOW (二度目の寒波でうっすら雪化粧)

  This is the second strong cold snap of the winter, following on from the one before Christmas. Snow cloud after snow cloud has drifted in ...

JAPANESE APRICOT HAS STARTED TO BLOOM (梅が咲き始めました)

  Japanese apricot in the Bluebell garden has started to flower; a few flowers started to bloom about 10 years ago and many more are coming ...

THE FIRST STAGE OF CENTRAL FLOWERBED REMOVAL (中央花壇撤去の第一段階)

  In 2011, we created a leaf-shaped flower bed in the centre of the main garden. It was the first bricklaying project using several hundred ...

ROSES SHIVERING IN THE COLD WIND (寒風に震えるバラたち)

  The cocktail of roses on either side of the potager shed have mostly lost their leaves, but the buds are slowly blossoming and a few are s...

FLOWERS BLOOMING IN JANUARY (一月に咲いている花たち)

  I walked around the garden in cold January, looking for flowers that are quietly blooming at the moment. See the pretty flowers on video t...

HARVESTING CITRUS FRUITS IN OUR GARDEN (庭で柑橘類の収穫)

  The fruits of the three citrus varieties planted in the garden have ripened and are ready for harvesting. Lemons are mainly used for cooki...

EARLY-BLOOMING SNOWDROPS (早咲きのスノードロップ)

  Snowdrops have been in bloom since the end of the year. This variety blooms about two months earlier than the normal variety. They are ver...

FIRST SUNRISE OF THE NEW YEAR (初日の出)

  A little rain remains in the early morning on New Year's Day and the garden is wet. The weather forecast was rain in the morning, then clo...

POTAGER AT THE END OF THE YEAR 2023 (令和五年の大みそかのポタジェ)

  The year 1993 is finally coming to an end. Here is a look at the current potager garden. The triangular raised beds have large seedlings o...

BRILLIANT RED AND YELLOW FLOWERS IN WINTER (冬の鮮やかな赤と黄色の花たち)

  The Mexican marigolds, which started flowering in November, are now in full bloom. The bright yellow to orange colour is very noticeable a...

SMALL WHITE NARCISSUS (小さな白の水仙)

  The small white narcissus that start to bloom every year at the beginning of winter at the lower entrance to the garden are now in full bl...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: British Style Christmas Dinner

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BAKING POTATOES IN THE BARBECUE OVEN IN THE POTAGER (ポタジェのバーベキューコンロで焼き芋)

  On a cold day with snow and sleet, we made baked sweet potatoes in the potager. Burn prunings and waste wood on a barbecue stove to roast ...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Pat Austin in Winter

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PROTECTING PLANTS VULNERABLE TO COLD (寒さに弱い植物を保護する)

  As a full-blown strong cold spell is coming in, we have protected plants that are vulnerable to the cold. 本格的な強い寒気が流れ込んでくるので、寒さに弱い植物の保護をしま...

COLOURFUL FRUIT TREES IN THE MAIN GARDEN IN EARLY WINTER (色鮮やかな初冬の主庭の果樹たち)

  It has been warm for December recently, but there is a strong cold spell coming next week. In the garden, the blueberry leaves are turning...

Christmas Holly Berries Turning Bright Red (真っ赤に色づくクリスマスホリー)

Ilex aquifolium (Christmas holly) is an evergreen tree with glossy, bright green leaves with sharp spines and bright red berries, and is use...

THE NEW SIMPLE NET FRAME FOR VEGETABLE (野菜のための新しいネットフレーム)

  It was in October that the pentagonal frames (cold frames, insect net frames) that had been installed in the raised beds of the potager to...

PINK FLOWERS IN EARLY WINTER (初冬のピンクの花たち)

  Winter brings fewer flowers, but here are two pink flowers that are blooming at the moment. 冬になると花も少なくなってしまいますが、今咲いているピンクの花を二つ紹介します。 One i...

PLANTING VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS (野菜苗の植え付け)

  After renewing the frame of the raised beds in the potager, I bought vegetable seedlings from a nearby DIY store and planted them.  They a...

MAKING QUINCE SYRUP (カリンのシロップづくり)

  Chinese quince or karin is not eaten raw, but is dipped in alcohol or honey and used to make quince wine or quince syrup. It contains ingr...

GOSPEL MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS (ゴスペルミュージックでクリスマスを祝う)

  One of the main entertainment features at Christmas in Huis Ten Bosch in 2023 is a gospel music show from New York. Your body will natural...

CHRISTMAS SEASON NIGHT SHOWS IN HUIS TEN BOSCH (ハウステンボス クリスマスシーズンの夜)

  Huis Ten Bosch becomes a different world when the sun goes down and the illuminations shine. Here is a video of some of the night shows. ハ...

POTAGER IN LATE AUTUMN (晩秋のポタジェ)

  At the beginning of October, we started to frame the raised beds in the potager with metal siding panels, and we have also rebuilt the rai...

LATE AUTUMN ROSES IN HUIS TEN BOSCH (ハウステンボス 晩秋のバラ)

  The other day we visited Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki.  There are rose gardens on both sides in front of the Palace Huis Ten Bosch at the fa...

CUT FLOWERS OF AUTUMN ROSES IN MY OFFICE (オフィスに秋バラを飾る)

  For the first time in a long time I have decorated the office with cut autumn roses. At first the Mary Rose and Scarborough Fair softened ...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Main Garden on the First Winter Day

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PURPLISH RED FLOWERS IN LATE AUTUMN (晩秋の赤紫色の花)

  The mornings and evenings are getting colder and the weather is turning into late autumn. The garden is gradually preparing for winter, bu...

YELLOW FLOWERS IN LATE AUTUMN (晩秋の黄色い花々)

  In the garden there are now yellow flowers everywhere:  Leopard plant & Mexican marigold. 庭では今あちこちで黄色い花が咲き誇っています. ツワブキとレモンマリゴールドです.  <>   ...

AUTUMN ROSES BLOOMING AT DAWN (夜明けに咲く秋バラ)

  The sun rises completely late, it is dark for a while after waking up early, and it doesn't dawn easily. The eastern sky finally brightens...

TOAD LILY IN THE BLUEBELL GARDEN (ブルーベルの庭のホトトギス)

  Tricyrtis hirta (toad lily）is a hardy perennial that is native to Japan, growing on shaded rocky cliffs and stream banks. The flowers are ...

CHERRY SAGE AND BEAR TOPIARY (チェリーセージとクマのトピアリー)

  In the herb terraces, cherry sage is in full bloom, as in previous years. Mint, lavender and rosemary are also growing.  To the left, a be...

AUTUMN ROSES HAVE STARTED TO BLOOM (秋バラ咲き始め)

  Most of the roses were pruned at the beginning of September and now many buds are on new branches and some are starting to flower. The col...

THE FIRST FRUIT ON A PEAR BRANCH GRAFTED ONTO AN APPLE (リンゴに接木した洋梨の枝に初めてついた実)

Branches of pear were grafted onto Potager's espalier apples in February 2021.  The successfully grafted apple variety is 'Fuji' and the two...

FAREWELL TO THE ORNAMENTAL VEG FRAMES IN THE POTAGER (さようなら、美しい野菜フレーム)

  The summer cypress is now turning red in the potager. In the triangular raised beds, seedlings of spring flowers are growing. 今ポタジェではコキアが真...

WHITE FLOWERS IN AUTUMN (秋の白い花々)

  It is now late October and the garden feels a little colder in the mornings and evenings. The Iceberg rose, which was cut back short in Au...

OYSTER HUT SEASON HAS COME (カキ小屋の季節到来)

  Itoshima, where we live, is located in the western suburbs of Fukuoka and is very popular in winter because of the many oyster restaurants...

TODAY'S SHOT: Dried Persimmons

今日の一枚：干し柿  

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Calm Sandy Beach

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WALK AROUND IN THE AUTUMN MAIN GARDEN (秋の主庭を見回る)

  October has arrived and the mornings and evenings are getting cooler and autumn is in full swing. The roses I pruned at the beginning of S...

PRUNING ESPALIER APPLE (垣根仕立てのリンゴの剪定)

  Pruned espalier apple trees that flowered in April and harvested its fruit in September. I cut the branches that had newly grown this year...

GINGER LILY FLOWERS AGAIN (ジンジャーリリーがまた咲きだしました)

  Ginger lily (Hedychium coronarium) is an upright perennial which may reach 1–3 m in height. It has long pointed leaves, with heavily-scent...

TYPICAL AUTUMN FLOWER OF JAPAN, BUSH CLOVER (日本の秋の代表的な花、萩)

  Japanese bush clover, or Hagi, is one of Japan's most popular autumn flowers. It produces many beautiful rose-pink flowers every year in t...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Philosophical Walkway

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SHADE GARDEN IN EARLY AUTUMN (初秋のシェードガーデン)

  The shade garden in the shade of the garden room is mainly made up of semi-shade and shade-loving plants. The mainstays are acanthus molli...

SUSTAINABLE RASED BED FRAMES (長持ちでサステナブルなレイズドベッド)

  The frames for the raised beds in the potager were made from two-by-four boards and  plywood panels, but they did not last very long and h...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Wonderful Blue Salvia

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TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: Harvest Moon 2023 with Moonlight Sonata

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PLANTS WITH BRIGHT FOLIAGE COLOURS (鮮やかな葉色の植物たち)

  There are some beautiful plants with bright foliage in the garden at the moment. The first is the Japanese jasmine, which is a vine. The l...

RAIN LILY: THE MESSENGER OF AUTUMN (秋の使者 タマスダレ)

  The rain lily, the flower that heralds the arrival of autumn, have started to bloom in our garden. Last weekend we had the first autumn ai...

THE POTAGER AT THE END OF SUMMER (夏の終わりのポタジェ)

The summer cypress (Kochia scoparia) I bought from a seedling and planted two months ago has grown a lot, has lots of very small flowers and...

BLUEBELL GARDEN AT THE END OF SUMMER (夏の終わりのブルーベルの庭)

  It is now late September and the heat is less intense, but it is still summer heat. In the bluebell garden, the bluebells are dormant as b...

TODAY'S VIDEO CLIP: The Main Garden at the End of Summer

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APPLES ARE RIPENING (りんごが熟してきました)

  The apples in the espalier and arch of the potager are ripening and starting to drop a little.  The ripe apples have been picked.  They we...