It's been less than 4 weeks since Kash's solo visit to Mr M for back garden maintenance. This time she was expecting to tackle the side passage and the front garden, together with Sevan. Imagine her disappointment when she saw an explosion of lush bindweed and alkanet on the lawn she had weeded a few weeks ago! It looked worse than before her July mission for Mr M and felt like her attempts to pull or dig out the roots had been ineffective long-term.

Mr M's typical tactic when it comes to the lawn, was to simply mow it, and that's what Kash decided to do this time. She also pulled out some bindweed, especially the vines creeping on the paving, which could have been a trip hazard for Mr M, who had become increasingly unstable on his legs.

Sevan, never scared of painstakingly detailed work, disappeared behind the corner to pull out weeds alongside the path between front and back gardens. Kash joined him part-way, and together they reached the gate leading to the other side.

The front garden was easy and satisfying to tidy up, but offered quite a different experience. The backyard was filled with birdsong (quite unexpected in the centre of Shepherd's Bush), neighbour's dramatic music with intense flute parts, and the sounds of the tube trains announcing that the next station was Wood Lane. In the front garden, in contrast to that magical place behind the house, you could hear conversations of passers-by, tick-tocking of abused Lime bikes, and infernal screeches of a hoe against the paving slabs. The sounds alone could inspire a modern Hieronymus Bosch to come up with another interpretation of the Garden of Eden and the Last Judgement!

While Sevan returned to the purgatory of meticulous weeding - the side path between the heavenly and hellish gardens - Kash, who stayed in the Last Judgement garden, has been indeed judged. "Good Work!", Mr M's neighbour said. Mr M himself was also delighted with the result. Two GoodGymers were absolved from their sins against bindweed (cutting it instead of pulling) and free to go home to enjoy the rest of their Sunday.