Our first session at the Harringay Night Shelter and it was a good one. Moya welcomed us, explained what needed doing, and Latoya, Julie and Mark got cracking, with Asan joining shortly afterwards. It's a winter night shelter, somewhat eerily located in out of use church premises, which went in to recess for the summer a few weeks ago. Linen needed to be put in storage, beds folded and put away, the sleeping area vacuumed, bathrooms cleaned, etc .... Latoya demonstrated her interior design skills by re-purposing the sleeping area in to a comfortable lounge space. Congratulations to Asan- this was his 10th good deed, achieved in short time and with great enthusiasm and a 100+% effort at everything he does! There's plenty more cleaning, sorting and tidying to be done (including the kitchen !) so expect to see another task listing soon!

Tonight's task took us to the pond at Harmony Gardens. Mike explained that three-cornered leeks were running rampant, and we needed to pull as many as possible up control the spread. They can spread by dividing bulbs but also through seeds. Mike advised not growing them in your garden - but they make a tasty pesto!

Everyone grabbed a fork and got to work. Before we knew it it was 8pm, there were still three cornered leeks everywhere but we had made a dent.

We're heading back on May 20, when the three-cornered leeks will be over but Mike will find plenty of other things for us to do.