Kingston upon Thames

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Damsons in no distress

5 GoodGymers made their way to help the Kingston Edible Forest Garden in Kingston upon Thames.

  • Steve Murtough
  • Rob Haworth
  • Shrey Jain
  • Grace Tribe
  • Emily
 
Thursday, 3rd of September 2020
 
Led by Jane Yelloly

No one was deterred by a bit of warm rain and Kingston was delighted to welcome back the damsels from Bristol Uni and Steve who came all the way over from Greenwich - amazing!

Thanks to Brian and Ben for letting us pick from the luscious damson trees to put them out of any distress! We left with a bag full each. Maybe even enough to make our first batch of GG damson gin?

We also made light rope work of putting to bed for winter the netting round the gooseberry bushes and anchoring branches of an errant plum tree to ensure they grow low for easy fruit picking next year.

And if anyone has any good tips for damsons please let us know!

Report written by Jane Yelloly


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Richmond runner
Richmond runner
Saturday September 5th, 2020 11:58

Awesome work guys! Welcome back girls!! :-)

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