A visit to the WW2 garden to cut the grass yesterday revealed that the leek bed had been devastated by the 'leek moth'. This very small moth is very much a coastal species. It was not known to attack leeks in Dorchester . It emerges twice in the year. The Spring hatch causes minimal disturbance but the Autumn emergence really is noticeable. It is the larvae which cause the damage.
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| The Leek Moth |
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| Leek Moth larva |
The loss of the leeks is a shame but on a positive note there is still much colour in the garden.
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| Californian Poppies |
On the vegetable front the specialist species of sweetcorn which we were trialling has produced some cobs. This is the species which is attributed to be developed and grown by the Hopi Indians in North America. The cobs are multicoloured.
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| The specialist species of Sweetcorn |
Our rice plants are now producing plenty of seed heads loaded with rice seeds. A look in the greenhouse will also reveal that the Living Stones are about to flower.(picture later)
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