{"id":5379,"date":"2021-06-20T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2021-06-21T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:47:48","slug":"the-garden-presents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2021\/06\/20\/the-garden-presents\/","title":{"rendered":"The garden presents\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a rainy Sunday like today we met with what would be our little hideaway and resting place. (More about how we ended up here here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hydrangeas in our garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The few things that I found charming as soon as we arrived was the hydrangeas, in full bloom under the rain, with their vibrant gradation of blues and purples. The abundant plum trees covered with fruits, and the lush green of the Japanese maple trees, the gingko, the pine and the azaleas. Everything that makes a Japanese garden, Japanese. I obviously didn\u2019t see many thing that were also there: the loquat tree, the strawberry tree\u2026 After 8 years I now know pretty much all, even if I am uncertain about the 3 or 4 different types of plums we have, and every year I harvest more fruits than we can process! In particular the plums and the strawberry tree fruits. So I give away a lot. This year 15kg of plums went to my secretaries at the university!!! And used 5kg for syrup and 3kg for umeboshi. The rest is for the birds, the worms and the ants ;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n