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I be-leaf in miracles

3 GoodGymers made their way to help the Thorlands Garden in Southwark.

  • Southwark runner
  • Lambeth runner
  • Abilio Jaribu
 
Tuesday, 23rd of November 2021
 
Led by Southwark runner
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Yesterday three Goodgymmers went to Thorlands to help out with some gardening. This week, our mission was to tackle some bindweed that had swallowed a fence, and to also do some raking.

This was Abilio's first mission and he got stuck in and raked up all the leaves - we learnt from Simon from Thorlands, that this means that weeds will be open to frost rather than protected by leaves and so raking up the leaves now means less weeding later, smart! Good job Abilio!

Meanwhile, Rebecca and I pulled off bindweed from a fence. Abilio joined us after he was finished with the raking. This was a fiddly job since the bindweed was so tangled up in the fence! But we got there with patience and perseverance.

We had time to tidy up at the end (bindweed goes in the bin, everything else gets composted) and headed home - just in time since my toes were starting to get cold... Well done everyone!

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Sam Lefevre
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Wednesday November 24th, 2021 21:05

Great run report Paulin and well done on using what natural light you could 😊

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