Unsurprisingly enough, the main task at the Community Allotment was watering! Whilst Georgeta and Sol heroically used the watering cans, Sheila used the hose. Between the 3 of us we soon got the watering done, which gave us time to do some other jobs. Whilst we left one of the empty water butts filling we decided to tackle the tomatoes, which had all gone wild and were all tangling up together. With some new stakes and twine, and cutting off all the rogue side shoots, we got the plants under control and the fruit will now have space to develop. A hot, but successful session

Sol and Sheila helped out at the Community Allotment on a very warm evening. Predictably, watering the plants was the order of the day as it hadn't been done for a couple of days. We filled the water butts with water via the hose to make it easier for the volunteers during the week. Meanwhile we gave all the plants in the greenhouse, pots and raised beds a jolly good water, and boy, they needed it! Sol also managed to clear lots of sediment out of the largest butt before re-filling it. She was rewarded with some lettuce and welsh onion to take home for her tea. The weekend starts here!

Two intrepid Goodgymers braved the tropical sunshine to water the veggies at the community allotment. Sol and Rachel quenched the plants thirst, tied up the tomato plants in the greenhouse and out....very warm work. We were amazed how quickly the beans had grown!! Waterbutts were filled and stray pots tidied away...a little chitter chatter and we departed hoping for cooler days ahead.

Four smiley GoodGymers turned up at the Community Allotment to tend to the veggies and orchard on a sunny Friday afternoon. There were lots of reasons to smile, the working week was behind us and the weekend was just starting, the weather was as summery as it gets and the bright red t-shirts added an extra vibe of cheer. We watered, planted leeks, weeded the asparagus and potato beds, weeded in the orchard and Kay even spotted our resident Robin, Mr Fluffy. Well done all, Kay, Sol, Ed and Georgeta!

Sheila was the sole sign-up for today's allotment session, so got straight to work. The water butts were filled from the long hose to the tap while I got on with other jobs. I potted up 2 globe artichokes, pinched out the side shoots from the tomatoes, and did some general weeding. The full water butts will be available for the volunteers coming in to water during next week's predicted dry spell

Sarah and Sheila joined Taskowner Sue at the Community Allotment. All the rain we've had this week has meant there wasn't much watering to do, so today it was all about planting. We planted leeks, parsnips, parsley, lemon balm, spinach, comfrey and alpine strawberries, and Sarah also did some weeding. We look forward to seeing the fruits of our labours!