Thursday 12th June
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Report written by Gosia Rybacka
It was a proper summer โ๏ธ day today (finally) perfect for some evening gardening work ๐ฉโ๐พ. I arrived at Mrs C's doors at 7, she welcomed me and right away led to her back garden to explain the task.
The garden was not in any horrible state but was just fully "occupied" by some unwanted climbing weeds that were just literally everywhere - on a fence, an apple ๐ tree and all Mrs C's flowers ๐ธ and bushes. It wasn't just her problem as they seem to be also in the entire neighbourhood ๐.
Tackling these pesky vines as the first activity I took on and one I spent most of my time on (maybe around one full hour ๐). Mrs C brought a pair of sharp scissors โ๏ธ which massively helped me in cutting down and entangling the unruly plants.
Mrs C also helped with the gardening work at some point, getting rid of the weeds from the bushes and also brooming ๐งน, cleaning up the weeds and sweeping the leaves ๐.
Once I was done with the weeding I took over the broom and continued the general tidy ups. From time to time I crouched to pull out the weeds stuck inbetween the pavement blocks.
Mrs C's was very happy with the outcome and kept saying "Thank you", "Thank you", "It's hard to believe", "My husband won't believe". It wasn't that much of an effort from me so I was glad I was able to make such a big difference and made Mrs C smile ๐.
Islington
Monthly community gardening mornings with the Friends of Compton Terrace Gardens