Sunday, September 20
Three beautiful late summer days. The wind was a little gusty for moths but made gardening pleasanter than the full heat of the sun would have allowed.
The Conference pears are ready to pick a couple of weeks earlier than usual. We used to do so before leaving for Scilly in early October.We have a good crop this year.
Gentians,
and alpine Autumn crocus are making a late show in the sinks and in the alpine bed.
I've done some more clearing in the alpine bed, ready to place the remaining bulbs and plants. I can't reach to weed the centre. Andrea will do that on Wednesday. Andrea is an RHS trained gardener who has recently moved in three doors away. She hopes to gradually finish her Norwich round and replace them with local customers. We have used her primarily to empty and re plant the centre bed (hiding 4 manhole covers). It's bliss to have someone who knows the names of all the plants - and what she's doing, without direction. The two hours she has worked so far were very productive. Adrian is only doing one session a week at the moment, mainly lawn mowing and hedge trimming, as he has building work elsewhere.
Moth-ing has really trailed off with the cooler weather and wind. Numbers are still good but variety is down to the mid to upper teens.
The Delicate is the best moth we have found this week.
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