Two GoodGymers joined Marylin & Peter at Canbury Community Garden on this sunny Saturday.  Melissa cleared & cut back the grass turning the shaggy path into a sleek and trimmed lawn.   Marie-Noëlle & Marilyn tackled box 3 turning over compost and transferring it into box 2.  Roaming free the chicken had some proper protein intake, they LOVE 🪱 worms 🪱.  Peter repaired box 3 ready for new cuttings.  Before leaving Marylin gave us a lovely treat of fresh rhubarb.

Today three GoodGymers, Farzeen, Emily & Marie-Noëlle joined Marilyn at the Canbury Community Garden. We sorted & transferred compost to create a new empty bin ready for use. We cleared the driveway, scraping it, taking out the weeds & moving 5 wheelbarrows of top soil.
No sooner we started digging for worms that our resident Robin joined the hens 🐔 for some tasty snack!s.

A sunny day for our five GoodGymers who completed their first 2024 Canbury Community Garden mission and we SMASHED* it 🔨 With some considerable brute force we broke apart the old rusty barbecue and loaded it ready for a trip to the local recycling centre. Next we shoveled-up wheelbarrows of compost and of fallen tree leaves clearing the entrance gate, and we raked the ground around the large plastic drums where water is stored. Before leaving, we made plans for our February task and Marilyn lured the chicken back into their pen with fresh corn 🌽

Preparing the garden for a long cold winter, Lily, Saber, & Marie-Noëlle joined top gardener Marilyn to clear the gutter to help catch rain water. Under the watchful eye of resident Robin we cleared the paths of fallen leaves. Perfect way to warm up on a winter Sunday! We returned to the composting bays for some chopping & turning compost, helped by Châtelaine Lily, Bashful Pingu & Sporty Coco. Hen Power!

Four Goodgymers joined Marylin at the Canbury Community Garden on this sunny ☀️ November morning. The team was hard at work shovelling and spreading compost on the vegetable beds. We took a well earned break over coffee from Fillipo’s Canbury Secret's whilst the hens enjoyed a few pellets treats. The team regrouped in the composting area moving, cutting and sorting compost. The 🐓 had the run of the garden but zoned in on the freshly turned compost, foraging, pecking and scratching at the ground to find more treats. After a tidy up of the tools Marilyn offered us some CCG organic garlic 🧄

GoodGym had another clucking good time at Canbury Community Gardens today. Petra, Marie-Noelle, Rachel and Dave all headed to meet the lovely Marilyn on site where today’s task was to move and spread a good ton or so of manure.

Soon after the shovelling commenced, the hens were let loose from the coop and came to give us a helping beak. Alas they were more set on finding worms and grubs in the compost as opposed to helping us shift it but they were a great source of entertainment at least.

Once the manure was spread, Marilyn had a refreshing surprise for us to say thanks. One of our local breweries, The Park Brewery, had used some hops grown at Canbury Community Garden to create a small-cask ale called The Wanderings, and Marilyn very generously shared some of this with us. Delicious and refreshing, it was the perfect way to end a lovely task.