Popped back to the farm yesterday to sign up to become a farm volunteer, Richard inducted me while we planted Fennel together!

The plan is that i will be able to lead sessions on the farm without Richard always being present

So good to be back with Aldermoor Community Farm this evening and with a fantastic turnout. Team work made the dream work for the best short, back and sides for the bushes! Well done to our runners who joined in for a hill session outside the farm before pruning too.

Richard gave us a lovely update on the farm and was ready with gloves and tools for the job. His request for a chamfered bush may have been a step to far.... but we can build up to that! Derek caught his finger on the barbed wire, much to Richards delight as it meant he could put an entry in the accident book.

It was lovely to be joined by Sanat, a new member to Portsmouth Goodgym. Thankyou for coming to our session Sanat, hope you enjoyed it and hope you visit us again soon 😊

Stood in at the last minute at our local parkrun as they were short on volunteers. Orla gave an extra big wave for all the buggies and dogs we saw

We cleared the living room of Ms. J. in preparation for her return home from a hospital visit.

A hospital bed will need to be installed in the living room, so we cleared as much space as we could, which was difficult since it seems she is a bit of a hoarder.

We were joined by a building manager who very politely but repeatedly told us she didn't really want us there but she wasn't allowed to have her employees do the work instead.

We took no additional photos to protect the privacy of the resident.

On a slightly grey bank holiday evening we met to litter pick at Goatee Beach, but found out it had already been picked the day before! Instead we headed along the boardwalk and then along the road to pick near the quay and pub where there was plenty of rubbish. From cigarette butts to a towel that had really had a hard life, we picked it all. We even had our littlest litter picker join us before bedtime and she was the smiliest litter picker we ever did meet!

Litter picking finished we headed for the beach just in time for high tide so we could get a refreshing dip. It was a bit blustery but that didn’t deter us from getting a cold water fix! Well done everyone for braving it. Tea and biscuits to warm up afterwards.

Sarah and I joined Peartree Green volunteers for our monthly outing to see what delights people have saved up and chucked in the bushes for us retrieve. The usual can suspects along with the ever present cigarette butts and plastic wrappers. A lovely walk round the reserve of course and a good feeling knowing we have taken some more rubbish out of the environment. Sarah captured great photos of the dandelion seeds which had mysteriously collected under the trees and looked rather magical.