Dodging the raindrops, Janka (celebrating her 100th good deed) and Melanie set about clearing as much of the laying green waste, plus a stack more, to leave the growing patch of ground with only the plants we want there. Excellent progress! Then coffee and cake, obviously.

Another Monday meant another chance to make progress at Brunswick Cemetery - appreciating last Tuesday’s efforts whilst adding more.

Woodland path today as we were planting trees. Peter had sourced a selection of oak, hornbeam and crab apple from Bristol Tree Forum that we could use to fill in some of the spaces left behind after ash dieback. We clambered up the hill, having to watch our footing on the slippery slopes and cut deep slots with spades to allow the oak tap roots to penetrate deep enough. In all 300 new trees have been planted in the newer section now.

Part two of today’s tasks for Ms L was yet more bramble bashing to liberate some more of her garden. The fence is now almost entirely visible whereas none of it could be seen when the project started.

Part one of today’s tasks for Ms L was refixing some brackets and putting her curtain rail back up and then rehanging the curtain.

A mixture of jobs today. The first, helping to lay a gravel path by making a bit of a gulley then filling with the gravel. Will hopefully be less muddy now for people wanting to use it. The second was continuing cutting back vegetation from the railings up the steps and litter picking. At the end the edges were looking pretty impressive.

Great to be out in the sunshine again :)

Until next time…