The hungry caterpillar and other stories

2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Manchester
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Manchester

Thursday 7th August 2025

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Peter and Ben joined Katie from Gorse Hill Studios to help out at the allotment where EVERYTHING had grown, including the weeds ๐ŸŒฑ

We arrived to a green carpet mostly of bindweed and other weeds, plus the polytunnel tomatoes ๐Ÿ… had grown out of control.

While Katie tended the polytunnel, Peter tended to his pumpkin ๐ŸŽƒ patch, which was looking very good and growing, and Ben aggressively attacked the weeds around the site, forming big piles in his wake.

We made friends with a few frogs ๐Ÿธ caterpillars ๐Ÿ› slugs, ladybirds ๐Ÿž and a few spiders ๐Ÿ•ท.

In just over 2 hours, we made serious progress, even planting out some chilli ๐ŸŒถ and salad ๐Ÿฅ—, and harvested plenty of plums, apples ๐ŸŽ, and a courgette. The onions ๐ŸŒฐ were left out to dry too.

Great effort ๐Ÿ’ช just imagine how much we could do with a bigger group.



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