40 minutes of throwing stones (not at the greenhouse or shed) back into the children's play pit at Windmill Hill City Farm.

We hadn't been to the farm for a while, our absence had been noted. It was great to be back.

We went our separate ways to do some more running - Caroline loops of Victoria Park, Jason around the Harbour.

A grave day for brambles when goodgym comes to town. What are we doing today Brain. The same thing we do every week Pinky! Armed with our usual plethora of tools we snipped, whacked and nibbled away at the undergrowth at Hebron Burial Ground. There was important cat business to be had and a myriad of topics to discuss. Snail orgy anyone?

and now for something completely different:

If a cat sat in a hat would it like that?.
If a cow said hi to you now would it say ciao?.

Personally I think a cat would but the cow one needs more research. Maybe just Italian cows and ones that are very fancy. Anyway thats enough stream of consciousness writing for today.

Until next time…

Completed a very lovely sunny hedge prune for Mr C, and discovered long-lost relics buried in the weeds. Filled four huge bags of prunings and managed to get some light in Mr C's front windows again.

NB, Mr C had a visitor arrive whilst I was finishing up, so I couldn't take completion photos. Please enjoy these somewhat accurate AI renderings instead.

I remember visiting Mrs P a few years ago to help out in the garden and it was nice to return to give the grass a cut.

The mower would only reach so far so Mrs P found me an extension lead but the garden is long and narrow so it still wouldn’t quite reach.

Fortunately I spotted another coiled extension lead in the outhouse which enabled be to reach the tippermost toppermost part of the lawn and my work was done 👍

Raking news just coming in….

Three goodgymers met this morning to transform a patch of ground into a haven for wildflowers and diversity. Let’s go over to our roving reporter Richard for more.

Richard: Thanks Gary. It’s a warm one.

Thanks Richard. Informative as always. After the patch was cleared using scythes and rakes it was then scarified 👻. Finally the seeds were spread and watered. Hopefully in the next year the area will transform into a sea of colour and life.

Until next time…

The raspberries haven't had this much real estate to breath and drink in a long time. But our dedicated team of weed rippers sorted that out in no time! Barny and Jackie were very grateful that this monstrous task was done so well.

The work was partly sponsored by warm drinks and biscuits that the Berry Maze have been providing recently too, which we're very grateful of too!

Thanks for coming everyone, see you again next month!