At last the weather man is predicting a prolonged spell of dry weather! We have finally started apple picking today, which is several weeks later than normal due to lack of summer, though we are a few weeks earlier than most it would seem.   Started with Discovery this week which are a crisp and tasty early eater Problem is that the crop appears pretty poor, small and poor quality sample with no shortage bugs and insects. Walking through our new trees this week and noticed a few stripped of leaves.  Exploring further found a massive green caterpillar on each tree, something we have never seen before, apparently some sort of Hawk Moth… great!