Just another brick in the wall

Five GoodGymers came to help Simon, Ruth and Bridget from Thorlands with a few tasks.

It was Tom's first time at Thorlands and first GoodGym session in a long time. Whilst waiting for others to arrive, Sam explained the vision of Thorlands and the amount of work needed to get there.

Talking about work, Ruth had a task for us before we could enter the Forest Garden to continue with the transformation of Thorlands. We took two wheelbarrows to the car park where there was evidence of Storm Eunice. A fairly newly built wall had collapsed with the extreme weather. There were bricks up for grabs!

We used the wheelbarrows to transport (roughly) 200 whole bricks and 20-30 half bricks to the "Walled" Garden, which took 4 journeys (8 wheelbarrows) to do. 💪

After spending the first 30 minutes, transporting the bricks over (which will be used to create a small outdoor oven), the team were finally in the "Forest" Garden to tackle the ivy growing on the wall and fence. The team split in half. Lucie and Tom took care of the ivy on the fence whilst Lindy and Nathan tackled the ivy growing on the wall. Sam litter picked around the area before assisting with breaking down the ivy with the secateurs to add to the compost heap.

The 40 minutes spent in the "Forest" Garden went by in a flash, but with great company, enjoyable tasks and great weather too, time does fly!

Before we left, Simon treated us to the harvest of Thorlands. We were given a sandwich bag of leafy greens and reds to have in salads.