Being a diary blog, I bung in pictures from time to time which are simply a note of what is at present. After all, it is called Garden Notes. This is one of these posts. Nothing coherent. Just a record.
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| Espaliered Apple - August 31st 2012 |
Earlier in the year, I thought the apple crop was a goner. But no - there are lots. In case they all fall off tomorrow, I've taken their photo now.
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| Honeysuckle Berries - 31st August 2012 |
I find it difficult to get rid of any plant. When a strand of honeysuckle stretched from its bush and rooted in a neighbouring bed, I cut the link and let it be. It means I now have a flat plant where the berries show at ground level. I like it.
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| Wallflower Seed Pods Ripening - August 31st 2012 |
My never-stop-flowering-wallflower has masses of pods. Once they've ripened, I'll collect seeds and pull up the plant. It's grown too big for where it is. It's a blodge with its arms across the path. It's the most triffid-like wallflower I've ever met.
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| MOTH - Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) - AUGUST 12TH 2012 |
A while back (I've lost track of time - two or three months ago?) I found a furry caterpillar pottering about at the front of the house. I tried to take its photo but it kept moving and all I got was a series of blurs. Then, on 12th August, I found this. I'm pretty certain they're connected. A tiger moth. "This!" I said to a couple of teenage boys who happened to be near at hand, "is why I let the wild plants grow!" The pleasure lasted a few minutes. We couldn't stand there admiring it all day. But really, it was worth nurturing the docks and dandelions and other bits and bobs in with the lavender and . . . those more conventional things.
8 comments:
Tiger Moth absolutely brilliant. I wonder if they have any at St Osyth or would that be too much to assk?
That tiger moth looks like it's wearing some exotic fur cape. I wonder why we expect moths to always be less splashy than butterflies.
That tiger moth looks superb and is as showy as some of its more well known cousin, the butterflies!
A Tiger Moth! How wonderful! And very nice to have vindication for your policy of allowing wild plants to flourish. Your apples look amazing, hope they don't all fall off ;-)
Esther that Tiger Moth is why I let things go a bit wild as well...the critters that show are such a pleasure and those apples look delicious...love the look of them
The Tiger Moth is a stunner.And you can see the colours clearly. Butterflies are more exasperating - dull brown with wings closed in nearly all my pictures. Very inconsiderate.
What a fabulous thing the tiger moth is. I wish I had one instead of nettles and cabbage whites!
I find to get rid of any plant too. So much that I'm postponing to take a decision about our apple tree for years. Doesn't grow well, even doesn't give apples! When I see your apple tree I know what to do but still it is very difficult.
Congratulations on your picture of the tiger moth!
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