Tonight 11 GoodGymers ran up to Bedford Fields where we did a variety of tasks involving a pond, a couch and sticky weed!

One group created a larger mound for the edge of the new pond, some of the boys took great satisfaction in breaking up an old couch and some of us pruned and pulled up lots and lots of sticky weeds.

There were many nettle stings and a few crawling insects but Jubz did his obligatory pose with not only a spade but with sledge hammer too, so all is well with the world!

We welcomed Nazia to GoodGym tonight, we hope to see you again soon!!

We made a big impact in an hour so well done all!!

Digging trenches & picking gooseberries were the name of the game this evening.

9 of us ran up to Bedford Fields tonight, where we dug out a trench for some potting plants. We then finished up early so we could forage for some gooseberries in the garden. I'm going to attempt my very first crumble with them this weekend :)

It was lovely to welcome newcomer Haimish to GoodGym Leeds & to welcome back Riobhne after a long break. Great to see you both.

Good work team!

A tortoise called McKenya was the star of the show today at Bedford Fields!! Volunteer Henry brought his pet to the gardens for a wander around & we took turns in having a hold. He was surprisingly strong for a little guy!

Welcome to newcomers Kathryn & George who joined me to do some weeding and mulching, so Bedford Fields could get ready for their permaculture fair next weekend.

The sun was out and it was a great session, well done everyone :)

Six Good Gym Leeds members completed our first daylight session this year at Bedford Fields. We were able to see the results of all our previous twilight and torchlit tasks and the true scale of the lovely community gardens. This week we were quickly put to work digging a hole for a future three meter long pond (to soak willow shoots before they can be woven into a structure). The barrowloads of topsoil were then used to fill raised beds ready for planting. We found some interesting objects buried in the ground and spent time speculating on the possible backstories of the articles of clothing....hoping not to feature in future true crime dramas...

Tonight 7 GoodGymers ran up to Bedford Fields once again to transfer wheelbarrows full of soil from one part of the garden to another to create a large raised flower bed.

It was rather muddy after yet more rain but we don't mind getting a bit mucky at GoodGym Leeds!

It's also nice to know that in a couple of weeks, we'll no longer need our head torches on a Wednesday evening, which is always a good thing when you're doing outside work.

Good work tonight team!

Tonight, we had a nice big group of 11 GoodGymers who met at Heart and ran up to Bedford Fields for my 50th mission with GoodGym.

We dug a trench under their new fence so that they could tighten it up and then put the mulch onto tree roots at the other side. The idea is to create a border to offer the trees more support. We finished off with a bit of tidying up. It's amazing how much we can get done in an hour between us. Well done team!

Welcome to newcomers Joe, Jubz & Sasha, it was great to meet you all & I hope to see you again soon.