Sheila and Angela joined 3 of the other volunteers at the community allotment tonight, and it was all about getting the beds ready for winter. Our first task was to shovel the last of the old manure and topsoil from the storage bay into a wheelbarrow. Not made easy as the front of the bay could not be removed, but we managed to scrape it out from underneath. This was used to top up one of the beds, into which we transplanted the leeks. Angela then heroically transferred the new horse manure into the empty bay. There was a bit of time for Angela to do some extra weeding before packing up our spades and trowels

Sheila carried out today's tasks at the community allotment in-between rain showers. The newly-planted raspberries and blueberry bushes were given a good soak with the watering can. With the remaining time I weeded the asparagus bed which was being overrun by chickweed

Two hardy goodgymers, that's Sol and myself, were delighted to welcome Caroline and Claire to our regular Friday evening session at the Community Allotment. Together with Sue, the task owner, we've wheeled out the wheelbarrows and set to shifting soil from one old raspberry bed to a new one, and from a hippo bag to yet another vegetable bed, across the car park. Many hands made light work, and within the hour, the soil was shifted. All along we were closely being watched by the resident robin, Mr Fluffy, which now has company, perhaps Mrs Fluffy?... Well done everyone, looking forward to seeing Caroline and Claire again.

Five of us helped out at our regular Friday session at the Maidenhead community allotment. We watered, shovelled soil into bags, and chatted merrily. Welcome to newcomers Mands and Fiona, and we hope to see you both at more sessions!

Georgeta and Meggie got straight down to watering at the community allotment, and filling up the water butts ready for other volunteers to use during the week. Meanwhile Sheila helped taskowner Sue take down the beans which are at the end of their productive phase. We then all got stuck in, starting to fill bags with soil from the raised bed so that the wood could be renovated. Sheila took home some beans and Meggie an over-sized radish

Meggie, Sol and Sheila welcomed Claire to her very first GoodGym mission at the Community Allotment. We were also joined by taskowner Sue, which was great as she knew exactly what she needed us to do. An area of the Allotment which had been used for composting needed to be cleared to make way for some new raised beds. While Sheila moved planks and stored wood away from the area, Sol moved leaves and twigs away from one bay, while Meggie and Claire filled bags with the matured compost from another. By the end of the session we had successfully cleared the area and had several bags of compost ready for use. It was a really satisfying task and we could all see the difference we had made. We look forward to seeing Claire at a future GoodGym session.