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Only four days left before Christmas break. The weather has suddenly turned very warm today after some mornings of frosts (ish).

クリスマス休暇まであと４日。ここ何日か冷え込んでいたのに打って変わって今日は暖かい日でした。

All of us have been busy with leaves, herbaceous, (ever growing) weeds, leaves and more leaves. At the same time, we are building new polytunnels which we received the materials for the other day.

落ち葉、落ち葉、落ち葉。雑草はまだ育ち続けます。あと新しいポリトンネルの資材が届いているのでその建設も同時進行。

More rain. It's been so wet and the way to get to one of the compost areas turned extremely muddy and we cannot drive the tractor in there at the moment.

そして雨！雨が降りすぎて、コンポストエリアに行く道が泥だらけでトラクターが入れません。植物の根っこも腐りそうなほど水浸しです。（この地域ではこれが普通なので乾燥に強い植物、たとえばラベンダーなどはあまりよく育ちません。）

Plant ID test for December is scheduled on Wednesday. This time we will have to identify woody plants with just twigs. It is very difficult but now I am more careful when I look at bare branches.

IDテストは水曜日です。今回は裸の枝のみで何の木か当てるという、かなり難しい課題・・・

I made a flower arrangement with nice looking things in the garden. With little flowers around, interesting foliage and stem colours come handy!

クリスマス？フラワーアレンジメント。クリスマスというより、庭であるものを集めただけな感じですが・・・

Camellia japonica 'Bokuhan'