Sunday 22 July

• Piers and Charmaine next door have tomatoes in pots - several ripe. I have one tomato just beginning to change from green. 
• Cycled out to Leyton Marshes yesterday and picked blackberries for a crumble.
• When kayaking today I rescued a moth from the water. Very distinctive. It looks like a Jersey Tiger Moth. My Observer's Book of Larger Moths (reprinted 1978 so pretty old) says more or less confined to Devon and emerges in August! Searching the internet unsuccessfully to find somewhere where I could post a question about moths, I did find a site saying that they have recently been in parts of London.
• Cut off the flowers of my lavender. Bush looks much neater but bit splayed out in the middle.
• Cut more branches off my sage. Looks quite compact now and very healthy. Think it is doing well for a bush now over 20 years old.
• Wisteria is having a second flush of flowers - with many more flowers than usual. I have seen bees feeding from it - first time seen this!