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December! And finally, FINALLY we had frost! Light one though. And first morning since I came here I felt that my fingers are cold and need some warming up… All gardeners would know what keeps you warm this time of the year. The best choice is to bury yourself into compost heap (I suggested to dig a tub-shaped hole in compost heap (as ours are quite big) and have our breaks spa-jacuzzi style.(Suggestion declined)
１２月！とうとう、やっとこ、霜が降りました。軽い霜ですが。そして今日はここに来て初めて、朝指先が冷たくて感覚が鈍りました。こんな寒い日にガーデナーは温まるために何をするでしょう・・・？一番温かいのはコンポストに埋まること。（コンポストは分解される過程で熱を発します・条件がよければ６０度くらい？まであがることも。）

But this morning I was warming myself up by raking up leaves in Bulb Meadow. Lilliodendron trees kept their leaves longest out of Magnolia and Cercidiphyllum.

でも今朝はコンポストに埋まる代わりに落ち葉集めで温まりました。リリオデンドロンがけっこういつまでも葉を残していましたね。

Walled garden is getting emptied – we dug up Dahlias to store, cutting hardy perennials back to ground. We are going to cut grasses (Miscanthus and Molinia) down now as well, which I had thought we would wait until spring. We are going to have a big session going through the area when everyone is available and the whole area will be put to sleep.

ウォールド・ガーデンもみるみる空っぽになっていきます。

I could see some dense fog forming in distance over the church.
遠くに霧が発生しているのが見えます。（この辺はよく霧が出ますが、今のところ濃霧の中を運転しなければならない状況には出会っていませんが、いづれ、間違いなく・・・。）