The weather was kind to us this morning and the persistent rain of the past few weeks (months!) has soften the ground to make our task of removing the final strips of turf much easier. This will enable a wildflower meadow to be sown on the grounds of the Southmead Hospital allotment, to create an even more welcoming and relaxing space for hospital staff, patients and visitors.

It was great to welcome Tik along for their first session, obviously keen for an additional workout after a morning bootcamp, whereas Andy , Melanie and Jason had headed up to the task after the usual Saturday morning parkrun.

Myself and Richard had a more leisurely start to the morning, naturally saving ourselves to give the task our all!

Once we had cleared the turf from the wildflower meadow space, we then set about weeding and clearing any loose strands of grass, leaving a bit to do next month before the seeds are sown.

It's looking good for March!

This week we gathered at the opposite end of the park to plant spring crocus bulbs at the library entrance. We manged 300 in total, which should make a for a great display next year.

We were rewarded for our efforts by some of Peter's homemade apple juice which was delicious!

No scything this month, we had a new task at hand! Andy did a wonderful job of traveling and raking the Scar path, whist I help the locals gravel a new path down by Novers lane. it was a dangerous mud slope before next to a busy road, but now there's a much safer way to get across. Emma and Janka were off clearing the path of the the usual litter work.

stellar work all round! see you next month!