Just the two of us! Tonight, Julie & I (Alys) headed over to St Mark’s Church in Kingsfield to help out at their newly established community garden.

The hawthorn trees planted to create some lovely hedges were feeling a bit suffocated by grass and other small plants sharing their soil.

We spent an hour and a half with garden forks and spades getting as rid as many of the weeds as possible to leave behind a neat soil strip giving the saplings lots of much needed space.

I obtained some injuries - an ant bite to the calf and a speck of soil in the eye but this didn’t slow us down!

We managed to slip in some strength training too by taking turns carrying the waste over to the compost heap.

They are looking for regular volunteers to help maintain the garden - so if you have an hour to spare on a Wednesday morning, make sure to get in touch with Rosemary at St Mark’s.