On Tuesday, six Good Gym members met Jane from The Green Grocers at the St Micheals church ground allotment. We welcomed Collen, a newbie diving into Good Gym with great enthusiasm ! Jane guided us splitting us into two teams. Dale, Jackie, Matt, and Collen tackled brambles to prep a composting bay , while Nigel, Georgia, and I wrestled with mesh and plastic tubing to shield brassica plants from butterflies 🦋. Securing the mesh was tricky, so we hatched a plan for washing line pegs to secure the mesh I dashed to the shop but only found tape labeled fragile !! a funny but shaky fix, that held for now .🙈 We completed the tasks, a good evening all together and Jane was really happy with the progress !🙌

A beautiful August morning , I cycled to St. Mary's Church to support their community garden project. I teamed up with Jane, who runs the Green growthers I focused on building supports for tomato plants while Jane tackled the weeding, and we both pitched in to water the plants. It was a relaxed day with the sun popping in and out, keeping things nice and warm. The garden's looking tidier, and vibrant with lots of food growing for the community!

Six enthusiastic GoodGymers set out on a bright, sunny evening to lend a hand at the community green growthers’ allotment.

Anne joined her first group run with Jill and Laura, and together they met up with James, Georgia, and Dale, who were already hard at work.

James had connected with the task owner and briefed us on what needed to be done. This was our second visit, and the allotment looked fantastic with a bounty of produce thriving. Dale had already begun propping up the tomato plants with canes, while Georgia sorted sticks into piles to clear space.

Anne and Jill teamed up with Georgia and James, tackling stick shifting and compost sifting with a new rotary sifter. Laura joined Dale with the tomatoes, quickly discovering she was better at tying the plants to the canes than pushing them into the soil.

To wrap up, we used the large sticks from the piles to build a squash teepee trellis, securing it with freshly driven compost. Dale gave the thirsty plants a good watering, and we headed back, feeling accomplished.

Nice work *****

What a fantastic summer evening at Green Growthers at St. Margaret’s Church! We tackled the weeding of the crazy paving and constructed an awesome outdoor storage cupboard. Incredible job everyone!

9 Goodgymers ran walked and cycled 5km uphill to Community Green Growthers, situated in the grounds of a church in Stoke, Coventry.

With the threat of drizzle in the air, we started our task for the evening: tidying up the beds, weeding, planting out and sieving compost so that it is ready to be used. With music from the tap dance class in the church hall keeping us moving, we made excellent progress and the growing spaces were looking fab once more. We made our way back down the hill to our start point, and the rain started as we were having a stretch.