Back to Aldermoor Community Farm again this evening where Richard had plenty of compost to keep us going. We set to work in two teams to move the compost from the bins in the poly tunnel to the outdoor compost bins. Our new lights from Energise Me helped us get the task done safely in the dark. We trialed a few techniques to get the compost out but trowelling into big plant pots seemed to be the best one. Wilson was first to hop into the compost bin which also helped speed us up! Great to welcome Janet, a seasoned GoodGymer, to her first session with Southampton. I celebrated my 100th good deed again, after reaching the official milestone last week with Portsmouth GoodGym, and modelled our Southampton wings. Can’t wait to see who will don them next!

Saturday was a beautiful day at Aldermoor. It was the Harvest Festival, there was lots going on, craft stalls, the outside kitchen selling hot food, apple pressing, cheese and chutney tasting, duck feeding, willow weaving, live music and a raffle!

For the morning shift Amanda and her daughter Rowan (a GoodGym tourist😊) did a brilliant job of making teas and coffees for all of the stall holders and volunteers. Amanda also assisted a less abled visitor around the farm.

Abby and Wilson were the morning welcome crew, welcoming visitors to the farm and giving them a little overview.

Lucy popped in to help mid morning and did an ace job of taking photos of the event for Richard the farm manager to use.

In the afternoon Jen and Dave from GoodGym Portsmouth arrived, their job was to sell raffle tickets to visitors as they passed.

This was a real GoodGym Team effort, its so nice when our GoodGym neighbours from Portsmouth and Lambeth join us!

A lovely sunny evening to be back at Aldermoor Community Farm, this evenings task was to trim back the bush which runs along the edge of the farm out onto the pavement. What do we we do with the bits we cut off????..... well we CHOP n DROP! The Permaculture method... returning the cuttings straight back onto the ground and back into the soil.

The hour whizzed by as we all caught up on each others holidays and summer activities. This was our 4th visit to Aldermoor Farm and we are already looking forward to returning next month 😊