Mick, Meggie and Sheila spent a peaceful afternoon at Ray Mill Island, watering the newly-planted areas and weeding out the rampant winter heliotrope. Mick also fashioned a plant retainer out of dogwood stems to hold back the Japanese anenome. It was lovely to get lots of positive comments from appreciative passers-by

Five GoodGymers met at the community allotment on a sunny evening to help with some jobs, joining taskowner Sue. Georgeta took on the task of doing all the watering, both in the greenhouse and all the beds outside. The rest of the team constructed a structure from canes to support the climbing beans. Then came the exciting bit of planting the beans, with Sol demonstrating her special technique for tying in the beans. All whilst being watched by the distinctive Robin with ruffled feathers, who took the opportunity to feast on some tasty treats from the disturbed earth. A great job by Georgeta, Rachel, Sol, Meggie and Sheila to get their weekends off to a great start

Baby Bank regulars Karen and Sheila were delighted to be joined this week by Siobhan who came all the way from GoodGym Camden to help with clothes sorting. The facility was short of volunteers this week, so it was great to have some extra help. We quickly settled into the routine of checking that the clothes donations were of good quality and cleanliness - with Siobhan on first checking and Karen and Sheila following up with a secondary check and putting them away in the correct boxes . A productive morning.

Twelve enthusiastic GoodGymers set about sanding old pallets at Wessex School to re-purpose as a stage. Many hands made light work so the task was completed in record time! Fortunately there was plenty of weeding to fill the spare time. Amy won the prize for the largest weed and Ed tackled the stinging nettles. We were careful to leave the pretty cornflowers, strawberry plants and a few wild flowers for the children and bees to enjoy! A fun chatty evening!

Sessions at Braywick Heath Nurseries are back after a Winter break. The warmer weather means that some of the plants will soon be able to go to the outside sales area. Meanwhile many weeds had taken up residence in the shingles. Anna and Sheila took on the task of removing the pesky plants to make the area look more presentable. Five bags of weeds later, including a couple of run-ins with some nettles, the area had been cleared and looked much tidier. We were pleased with what we had been able to achieve in a couple of hours

Sheila and myself cycled to Ms L's place this afternoon to help her with some small jobs around the house, mainly involving a screwdriver, as we were told in the task description. We were both a bit concerned on how much we could help, as neither one of us is excelling in DIY-ing aroundour homes!... However we embraced the 'how hard can it be' attitude and showed up anyway! Ms L told us about her recent unfortunate experience when she tried to get work done in the house and ended up conned, a very sad experience that left her unsure what to do and who to trust now... We ended up doing the measuring for new curtains in the lounge, fix one of the curtains rail that needed a screw fixed and also cleaned up the floor in the garage under the leaking old freezer, so that Ms L can now order a replacement freezer and place it on the clean floor. Ms L was delighted with our help, and now she can move on and order the curtains and the new freezer.