Three seasoned GoodGymmers cleared some planters of soil on a beautifully warm and sunny Tuesday evening. As soon as we arrived we got stuck straight in. The Friends of Agnes Riley Gardens needed us to help remove soil from planters from the polytunnel area to some big bags so that the planters can be moved. There were about 4 or 5 planters of soil to be moved but since they were having more volunteers in the coming days, they just needed us to make a good start. All three of us cleared the first planter within about 20-25 minutes so we were feeling pretty confident and pledged to do three by the time we left.

We then realised we'd been a bit ambitious when we started to get a bit tired in the arms, backs and legs. We also ran into some difficulty clearing planter #2 as it had lots of polystyrene blocks in it to help with drainage. This made it much more tricky to shovel soil from. We ended up filling about three large buckets worth of polystyrene from the second planter.

We stopped after we'd been there just over an hour and had succeeded in our goal of tackling three planters! 💪