Sunny Friday and a forgotten shed key meant hand weeding which was fortunately easy with the drier soil and meant the whole wheel barrow was soon full and we were on our way for the rest of Friday’s sunshine.

With everything drying out a bit it was the perfect time to tidy up the outside seating area at the front of the city farm - wheeling away the leaves and getting the mulch in to the newly weeded flower bed before wheeling the tables back into position..

Happy weekend!

First dry day of the year (at least it feels that way) - and it was even sunny!

We got to work cutting and scything the bramble risings at the entrance to the orchard. These were then raked and cleared into the surrounding borders, keeping the space accessible and encouraging wildflower growth.

A diverse range of conversation topics covered "Zoology - is it just remembering a list of animals?", "Should your barber also be your surgeon?" and "Anatomical enhancement for the purpose of ski jumping".

We finished with Orchard apple juice, listened to nesting Ravens and watched a robin enjoy our newly exposed orchard pantry.

A short video of our morning

Who'd've thought wed have such a dry evening after torrential rain through the day?

The master plan of re-turfing (well, patchwork grassing) the damage recently caused at Brunswick Cemetery was looking doubtful but we were soon re-purposing the grass growing where it shouldn't to the bare soil where it should be growing. All a bit mucky, and trying to leave the battered shrubs to fill the gaps, there was plenty of hamstring and quad work to bend and straighten before re-laying the grass, beautifully lit by fellow GoodGymmers.

With may-a-strange look from passersby, a few did stop and chat, amazed at the idea of re-use.

Having avoided any rain at all, we packed up and, quitting while we were ahead, running and walking back to Workout before heading to Pieminister for the beat pies on a rainy gloomy day and more lovely chat - making our own sunshine.