Day 21 #30daysWild - a continuation from last year

In 2015 I sowed some borage seeds for the first 30 Days Wild, we had masses of flowers throughout the latter part of the summer which in turn attracted a holly blue butterfly every day for weeks.

holly blue on our Borage 2015

Today Our first borage flower appeared on one of the dozens of plants that have come up from the seeds of last years plants.

I am now looking forward to more visits by holly blue butterflies and hopefully others over the next few weeks as more of the plants start flowering

Day 9 - #30daysWild - herb garden

Wow what a hot day!Unfortunately not much time to spend outside, but when I did get out I was drawn to my herb garden, pulling up a few buttercups that had sneaked in and watching the bees flitting from one flower to the next. Herbs are wonderful plants for so many insects, I am looking forward to the marjoram flowering, hopefully then the butterflies will start visiting too, but for the time being I will just enjoy the bees.

Later on this evening I spent a warm couple of hours sat outside for a meeting with fellow members of the Staffordshire Artists Co-operative. Around the same time we were starting to get nibbled by midges, a dozen or so swifts swooped around screeching above our heads - always a wonderful sight