Todays view from the egg chair.

Looks like you can now walk from Eastbourne to Ilfracombe without leaving Lib Dem territory. The Orange Way? Liberal Democrats

Colourful borders at Parham, Sussex.

Can you have a favourite weed? This one fills any space in the garden; pretty; easy to pull out if it gets too much.

If you could turn slugs and thistles into food, I'd be self-sufficient this year. #allotment

Plenty of life in our pond. A good year for damselflies. And a newt or two.

Every garden should have a pond. Ours is bigger than most - an old farm pond inherited with the garden.

Reigate Heath, Surrey. A windmill that's also a church.

What to do in the garden today...

After the deluge.

Boardwalk.

Riot of colour at Loseley Park, Surrey.

Todays allotment harvest: King Edwards, courgettes, slugs and thistles. Can't find any recipes for the last two!

Making the most of our Historic Houses membership and discovered St Marys House and garden, Bramber, Sussex.

Our Grand Tour of Northern Ireland. Stayed in some fantastic National Trust cottages.

Mount Stewart, Northern Ireland is a very impressive garden.

Managed to tick off a lot of interesting National Trust properties in Northern Ireland. And met some great staff and volunteers.

Red hot...

Used to enjoy gardening Twitter as it was. Been avoiding X recently. Time to leave now I think.