At left: Lucilia sericata (green bottle fly),
Top center: a sarcophagid? = flesh fly
At left: Calliphora vomitoria (blue bottle fly)
Always looking for interesting plants for pollinators and food! Bonus points for highly, and pleasantly scented plants.
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." [“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”] -- Marcus Tullius Cicero in Ad Familiares IX, 4, to Varro. 46 BCE