Lots of different visitors on the Leek flowers.

I think the two photos below are of the same type of bee - I think it's a Mining Bee but will add a comment if my id is corrected.

And I know these are two different hoverflies. I think the top one is a Epistrophe eligans.

And this little one in the next photo is a Marmalade Fly - one of our most common.

And this I'm sure is a Honey Bee - I hope our leek flowers don’t ruin the flavour of someone’s honey!

The site is full of butterflies, I saw lots of peacocks, tortoiseshells and skippers. This comma butterfly looks a bit the worse for wear, happily sharing the flower with a wasp.

It was such a rare pleasure to just be sitting out surrounded by nature and lovely to catch up with a few of our plotholder friends again. We actually managed to clear some rubbish from around the polytunnel, but you wouldn’t notice. This is what Plot 8 looks like at the moment :-(

I potted on the buddleia cuttings which I took from my sister’s beautiful butterfly bush last Summer. 

They've developed some great roots over the last 11 months and I now have 7 plants to find positions for around the site.

And I found this hazelnut sapling so potted it on.

There’s a plan for a Covid-19 memorial ‘Lockdown wood’ nearby - it's being organised by Newbury Friends of the Earth. Any tree seedlings we find should be saved for planting, I think it’s a lovely idea and there are hopefully going to be two sites so I hope one is close to Hungerford.

This is our main growing space this year - not many plants are there?! The Lizzano tomato looks ok, but the peppers look a bit sad, not surprisingly after the start they had and being planted out in the big wide World rather than a cosy greenhouse.

Ah well, we had a most enjoyable weekend. And I have another full week of working from home before I have a 10-day holiday - I’m hoping for lots of sunshine and some plot time, obviously!