Meggie and Sheila gave everything a good water at the community allotment this evening in some more comfortable temperatures than of late. We also filled up the water butts ready for the other volunteers this week. We rewarded ourselves with some juicy raspberries before Meggie headed off for a run and Sheila went home for dinner

Mr D has a beautiful garden with a tool to match every need. So we tidied up the garden ready for him to take his morning tea. See the pictures of the treasure trove of tools below. Mr. D was joining in the gardening but he needs help during this.
There’s even a dandelion remover tool, no I didn’t know either!

Five fearless GoodGymers took on a task at Nature's Haven to remove some shrubs to make way for some raised beds. The team approached the task with gusto, cutting back the branches and digging out the roots. We tried many different techniques for root removal - there was the spade technique, the boot-technique, the hand-technique, the twisting-technique and the breaking-the-fork technique. Each rootball removed was accompanied by whoops of delight. By the end of the session we had cleared a good area of ground and produced a large pile of branches ready for shredding. We were pleased with how much we had achieved and taskowners Claire and Aleks were delighted too. Great work by Anne-Laure, Katie, Roberta, Sol and Sheila

Louis and Sheila were faced with a very brambley path at Braywick Plant Nurseries. It got rather out of control over the winter, but now they would like to clear the space so it can be used by other community groups. We set to work with loppers, trying to avoid the prickles,and loading the debris into big bags. Sheila might have won the prize for extracting the longest bramble, but Louis definitely was a hero in tackling the biggest and most evil clump. A very satisfying task, and looks much better, but still more to do another day

I p'ain't' going to lie, however, I had an 'ink'ling this was going to be an enjoyable task.

Today was the day to do more furniture rearranging, retrieve the screens from under the stage, hang the pictures....and enjoy a some n-ice refreshments including lunch and ice lollies.

We managed to 'draw' Louis in for his first task. I think he was 'hook'ed by the end of it.

'Water Colour'ful and 'picture' perfect exhibition... a good 'show' put on by us yet again.

I am 'canvas'sing for more volunteers to join us in helping to pack it all away in our usual expert and 'art'ful way on 30 August.

I've reached the end of my art based puns now suffice to say this was all my own work.

Welfare visit for Mrs D