Isleworth was the location of K&S Gardeners' first mission of the day. On arrival, it looked fairly simple as the grass in the small front garden needed mowing. K's sharp eyes identified some more jobs that needed attention, spotting some young trees growing on the boundary between the street and garden.

While K took control of the lawnmower - with upside down controls - and started the main task, S was ready to go to cut the trees and asked for some tools to use. While he waited for some secateurs or loppers to appear, Miss R's granddaughter appeared at the door and took an interest in the strangers, offering them her Fruit Shoot.

When Miss R's daughter came back with tools and black bags, she didn't bring loppers, nor a pair of secateurs. Instead, she handed S a bread knife. She explained it by saying that the granddaughter was getting too curious about the chopping tools, so the bread knife was safer all round 🤷‍♂️. The granddaughter asked why the strangers were allowed to use the knife and she wasn't and was told it was because "aunty and uncle" were older than her youthful 21 months 😂.

GoodGym breeds resourcefulness and and this was another one of those occasions. The GoodGymers had never use a bread knife to cut, well, anything as part of a mission. After finding the right technique, the knife was actually pretty good at cutting through the little saplings, struggling with anything more heavy duty. It also did a great job of slicing through the wall of tall grass growing around the wire fence and at edging the lawn.

With 2 very different tools, the pair made a big impact. Six trees were discovered and chopped, plus the grass was neatly trimmed, meaning that Miss R didn't need to worry about her front garden for a while.