​Interesting discovery

Wednesday 14th September
It was quite late when I came down to the plot today as it was such a nice day I had spent it at the beach.
I started by digging out the first of my two rows of Sarpo Mira potatoes (having cut off the haulms on the last visit.) while doing this I came across a huge chrysalis.

​Over 2 inches long it dwarfed the 50 pence piece I put beside it. However it wriggled as I picked it up! I have never seen anything that big before and wonder which butterfly/moth it belongs to. Not knowing whether it was a pest species or not I played safe and put it out on the top of my compost heap for some lucky bird to find and eat.
I left the newly dug potatoes on the surface for the skins to harden while I harvested runner beans, dwarf French beans, courgettes and raspberries. By then it was getting dark so I gathered everything up and went home just as the sun was setting.

On the way out there was a family also packing up so I left the padlock open and ready for them to lock the gate as the last out.
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A lovely end to a lovely day.