Due to some wasp action we avoided the compost bins today. David and Becca raked the cut grass on the main part of the garden. Barbara, Abigail, Leanne and Laura dug up the grass that had grown in the bed at the end, removed the rotten fallen apples and trimmed the dead ends off the plants. We replanted any bulbs that were dug up and put the grass cuttings onto the compost pile on the on the other side of the wall. There may or may not have been some rotten apple throwing challenges and getting distracted by looking up houses for sale!

The sun always shines on Kimberlow Hill! Well, today it did. GoodGym's very own Tiny Forest was looking spectacular. The leaves are starting to change colour, the berries are bright and many trees are now taller than the GoodGymers. Having planted the tiny saplings two and a half years ago, with a little GoodGym care the trees are doing well and now the forest has thickened up, it is impenetrable. Today's tasks involved some pond care, strimming, raking the arisings, weeding, mulching, gathering windblown/broken tree guards from other trees nearby. Finishing off as always with cake, cuppa and chat. Lovely to see everyone.

On a rainy Friday morning, two GoodGymmers answered the call and headed to Mrs J's. The goal? Moving a double bed ready for council collection so that a new profiling bed can be brought in, allowing Mrs J to rest more safely and comfortably.

Despite some concerns based on our last attempted mission (where the furniture was a bit too large and the doorways a bit too small), we were able to quickly dismantle the divan bed and get the pieces placed ready for collection. Since we were done in record time, we stayed for a bit and enjoyed talking to Mrs J - we enjoyed a good coffee, and talked about all sorts including Mrs J's link to GG York legend Sean.

A great task, a great chat, and hopefully once the new bed is installed, Mrs J can have a great sleep.

It was great to meet new recruit, Beth, who joined us this week. With 4 volunteers, we soon had the tables wiped, folded and stacked, then chairs away, floor swept and carpet hoovered. As Jess was short of helpers, our last task was to empty and re-bag the bins. All done. Before you knew it, we'd 'bin' and gone!

Tonight we helped the lovely folk from York in Recovery get on top of their allotment space. God knows how task owner Tracey had managed to stay on top of it on her own previously, but fair play to her!

With some extra hands from 9 eager GG Yorkies we helped to tackle the over-growing hedge with whatever tools we could find, whilst Babs did a spot of weeding. We managed to make a pretty decent sized pile of cuttings from the hedge, ready to be burnt another day. And despite multiple sharp and spikey things neither Jane nor Pete managed to hurt themselves.

Top work all round!

Babs and John set up as usual but no Claire this week. And unusually hats were on display today. So of course we each tried one on! Perfect fit!