I 'potted' up at Bath Organic Garden on our monthly visit to find Aaron and Cosmo already hard at work on one of the beds. Apparently volunteers are welcomed from 10am (if we can get there).

Our job this time was to rake in some green compost (fast growing nitrogen-rich plants) into some of the plots. But first we had to clear them of stones and weeds. We also found a lot of potatoes - which could make a tasty meal for growers if baked in their home-made oven.

It was a beautiful day and we made good progress. Soon it was time for tea. Organiser Dan supplied some extraordinary biscuits from his skiing holiday. Licorice and strawberry jammy dodgers anyone?

Special mention to Cosmo on his 99th mission - I wonder if he'll dye his hair a new colour to celebrate his 100th.

A GoodGym Bath Double Whammy this weekend. TWO MISSIONS, both well attended with half a dozen members each.

Cosmo, Aaron, Tanya, Bennath, Meyrick and newcomer Marzia were in attendance and on sand duty at Sydney Gardens on what was that kind of dreary morning that makes you yearn for the sunshine, and dream of this place as it will become in spring and summer.

A task we've done many times before and I'm sure we will again is topping up the play area with sand. Such a great play area for the kids but the sand does not stay on it very long. There is a slight limitation on how much we can do, as the sand is about five minutes from where it needs to be deposited, so there are only so many runs we can do with the hour we have.

The key thing is to nab as many wheelbarrows as we can so that all of us can barrow at the same time to maximise our potential. We were able to get hold of four, but we were six, so a couple of us raked and cleared at the sandpit, whilst the other four barrowed.

Back in two weeks as usual, see you then!!!

Another Sunday, another Sydney Gardens. After a night a heavy rain, the skies cleared and the weather became dry, just in time for our visit this morning at 10am. GoodGymmers Cosmo, Aaron, Nev and Meyrick were on hand to help with whatever the Friends of Sydney Gardens decided was the task for this week.

Turned out it was grass, hence the awful pun above. Over in the awesome children's play area there is a lot of it, and loads of different types. The larger ones, which to me looked like pampas grass (and immediately took be back to the 80s), there is a natural shedding that occurs. So any dead grass can easily be extracted from the main body of the plant and removed, to tidy the flower beds up and provide more substance to the compost heaps dotted around the park.

Seemed like a quick one today, the hour sped by, but we were successful in our task and can't wait to be back in two weeks.

We were back at the Bath Organic Community Garden today, where we now have a monthly slot. It was a beautiful crisp morning: snowdrops and crocus’ were looking vibrant, which was very welcome after all the rain. Everyone was in good spirits and after a debrief on the tasks for the morning we got stuck in. Emily and Cos took on the task of cleaning the poly tunnels, using an organic liquid that smelt of vinegar. Fish and chips anyone? They smashed through this and managed to scrub the solution over two sizeable tunnels in the two hours we were there. Once applied, this will kill all the algae and prevent the build up of grime which means the sun can get through to the plants inside! When we get any sun…

The rest of the group, Ruth, Meyrick and Kate, went to the apple orchard to do some pruning. We were given some good instructions (and some scary tools) on the bits of the tree that needed to be removed, but we were all a little bit tentative when left to our own devices, worried we’d remove the wrong bits of the tree! But we did our best which is all we can ask and managed to trim some bits off.

The morning was a success, and we were rewarded with the little tea break half way through; tea and homemade cakes in abundance. Even a cheeky Robin popped in to steal crumbs from our table.

Another great morning, everyone!