Two Goodgymers went to the Team Springboard Zen Garden for a lovely morning in the sunshine. Our tasks for the morning included weeding around the broad beans, removing mares tail from raised beds and potting seedlings on. After we finished our weeding, we had a lovely cup of tea and biscuit and a catch up and chat with the regular volunteers.

On a radiant Saturday morning, 2 enthusiastic GoodGymers attended the volunteer day at the Springboard allotments to lend a hand.

Despite the briefness of our visit we managed to rid some beds of pesky weeds helping to ensure the garden stays healthy and productive.

Lovely morning!

2 Goodgymers arrived on a sunny Saturday morning to help with maintaining Springboard's allotment. It was the first real frost of the season which meant the ground was far too hard to dig or weed anything, but Esther always has something to keep us busy no matter what the weather. On the plus side, the clear skies meant we had glorious sunshine all morning and topped up our vitamin D levels!

Today we were transferring some wood chippings via wheelbarrows back to the allotment and adding them to the home made compost, as well as adding to piles of chippings that will eventually be used to form a path.

There were a few other volunteers who also helped with cutting back brambles along the hedge at the back of the plot.

Just as we were starting to feel ready for a hot cuppa, a friendly furry face arrived and distracted us. We couldn't quite work out if our foxy visitor was a male or female, but either way they enjoyed the dog biscuits that Esther provided them with and later enjoyed half of Esther's lunch! We'd never seen such a tame fox and in such good condition as well.

A thoroughly enjoyable morning in the sunshine and it was great to have a chance to chat to and get to know the other volunteers Bridie, Alex and Colin.

Jackie, Laura and 2 cute little helpers supported Team Springboard this morning.

We got lots done including harvesting Cucumbers, mulching 2 raised beds with own compost, planting elephant garlic, lots of blackberry branches cut back, picking beans, raspberries and apples.

Such a productive couple of hours and ending with lemon balm tea and biscuits!

Lovely morning spent at the Springboard allotments with 5 enthusiastic Goodgymers and our furry friend Brandy.

So lovely to be back in this little haven for wildlife clearing up fallen apples from the trees and weeding the veg beds.

We ended the session with a cuppa some chocolates and a chat 💚

As always we never go home empty handed and took away apples, grapes and sunflower heads to dry out for seeds.

Great to meet you Roopa well done on your first deed!

A lovely morning spent picking and chopping back blackberry bushes.

The allotment is looking so beautiful and full right now!

Esther is so knowledgeable and is always teaching us new things. Jackie discovered that a tall looking plant in her garden is actually a Jerusalem artichoke and Laura went home with a bag full of produce including to blackberries, apples, courgettes and tomatoes, winner!