Rosie and Sheila had an early evening session at the community allotment. The plants were all quite thirsty, so we gave them all a big drink whilst also filling up the water butts. The radishes have grown so much that and were popping out of the soil, calling out 'Eat me', so we both took some home for dinner. We moved a couple of planters containing courgettes into a lighter position and then moved on to weeding around the figs. Whilst there, we spotted that the first raspberries are beginning to ripen so we had to sample them, including some interesting golden ones.Just as we were about to leave, Rosie spotted some larvae on some fencing. Google lens identified them as Harlequin Ladybird larvae, but was unsure whether they are overall beneficial or not. We are hoping they will gobble up any aphids they find

Today was a mega-planting day at the Community Allotment, and fortunately we had five mega GoodGymers signed up to come and help Our taskowner Sue had left us several trays of seedlings, as well as comprehensive instructions on where to plant them. Jess and Sol took charge of filling up several boxes with a mix of soil and horse manure, and planting them up with courgettes and cucumbers. Christine planted up the kale and sweet peppers, while Sheila and Sara planted the beans. We finished up by all planting the leeks and beetroot in various locations. After a quick water, despite the rain, we were pleased with our work and look forward to a bumper crop

Rupi and Sheila chose a lovely sunny evening to help out at the community allotment. After doing the watering, we got down to the main task of planting the peas. The main support structure was already in place but we added some extra poles and wired them in. We then teased apart the mass of pea seedlings and planted them at the bases of the poles. it wad great to see some worms busy in the soil. After watering them the plants in, we arranged some netting over the poles to deter the birds from pecking at our peas. we look forward to being able to pick some peas in a few weeks

5 GoodGymers met at the Community Allotment on a most beautiful evening. Jess took on the task of watering all the crops that she could find - I'm sure they were very grateful for the drink. Meanwhile Angela, Georgeta, Roberta and Sheila found their inner Engineers and constructed a frame for the climbing beans which are due to be planted tomorrow. We stuck the poles in as deep as we could using the metal stakes and hammers provided to make holes, so hopefully we now have a sturdy structure. We then split up - Angela and Roberta bagged up the soil from the fig container which had succumbed to fig mosaic virus. Georgeta ( on shovelling duty), Jess (wheelbarrower extraordinaire) and Sheila (spade-wielder) filled up the spare planter with soil and mature horse manure, ready for planting. Another productive session!

Sheila, Rosie and Sol got the weekend off to a good start with a trip to the Community Allotment. Rosie got up close and personal with the matured horse manure. This was shovelled into the wheelbarrow and wheeled to the large raised container. Meanwhile Sol and Sheila filled trugs with spare soil. We then mixed the 2 together to create a nice, fertile container ready for some salad crops. We repeated the process with 3 small troughs that we pulled out of the pot store, and set these up by the radish bed. We finally gave all the filled beds a good water and said our Goodbyes, with Rosie reminding herself to make sure she took off her pooey shoes before walking into her house

Melissa, Lisa, Rosie and Sheila gathered at the community allotment on Good Friday evening. We filled the water butts behind the shed and then settled down to some other tasks. Lisa filled over the bean trench in bed 5 and picked out the stones, while Melissa weeded the bed at the end of the large shed, and again waged war on the stones. Meanwhile Sheila and Rosie started the task of digging out the roots where we had removed the shrubs at Wednesday's Goodgym session. Not an easy task! Let's just call it work in progress!