You gotta roll with it - You get take your time - You gotta say what you say - Don't let cricketers get in your way.

10 wonderful goodgymers got together to help our lovely community orchard. You can see their facebook page here, originally set up as a response to park vandalism this project will hopefully be one for future generations to come.

As we are still going through one of the driest Springs for decades, goodgym made the plan to help the orchard trees survive, some planted only last year and some more recently this year. Michael went to speak with the wonderful Mel in her Cafe - The Secret Garden about the task and pick up some aqua rolls.

To increase the challenge, we asked runners to try part of the run with the aqua rolls - Darren was nearly rolling in the deep, as Emily rolled straight past him. Jonathan was certainly ready to let the good times roll.

Each aqua roll holds 40 litres of water, and as the tap for the orchard use was 350m away from the orchard, these would make the task at hand a lot easier. With nearly 50 trees to water this would take a spectacular 500 litres of water to get enough down into the scorched soil. Thankfully the trees are all mulched so the water won't evaporate easily.

We split into teams of water runners and water givers, two aqua rolls, watering can and a lot of energy. With 5 trips back and forth, three people each time, we covered a total of 5km alone on the task and over 500 litres of water. Each runner had a break whilst the team got to watering the trees, and importantly remembering which trees had been done.

After a lot of strange looks from the cricket teams playing in the field, and some questions from them as we left, the task was complete and we were making our way for a catch up in the local.

On an absolute Beaut of a morning, full of sun and glory, a wonderful group of volunteers met to do good in the local park.

The community orchard is an exciting project, to create a space for nature, people and teaching. It will be a legacy to future generations.

The tasks today, a bit more than usual,

• fill the water barrels for the trees
• move the hazel and willow
• create a new dead hedge
• use tree trunk sections from the park arborists to create a barrier.
• drill holes in the barrier for solitary insects to rest
• for the kids, tie together sections of bamboo for bee Hotels and place in the previous dead hedge.

I don't know about you but I think that's enough for a volunteer session.

A good group as usual for this mission, and child friendly to boot. It was a great opportunity to explain to the younger ones how the bamboo would be used and what they could look out for on their return visits.

A great day in the sun, with more to come every month. See you soon.