A bumper crop of goodgymers turned up to help finish off laying the path for the 'living maze' ahead of the farms open day on Saturday.

It was nice to welcome Kyra to her first goodgym session and also to welcome back Alice,Frederick,Jo and Lexie.

Hannah and Alice got to work borrowing woodchip from other parts of the farm - being resourceful with buckets!

Everyone else was moving the material to be laid on the path from the top of the farm down to the maze site where I was awaiting with a trusty rake to spread it all out.

There wasnt much woodchip mulch to go around but we were pleasantly surprised how quickly it spread!

It was such a lovely evening, with good vibes, sunshine and lovely chats. The perfect session!

This evening we returned to Southampton City Farm for our second monthly visit. We were joined by farm manager Tom and a super team of farm volunteers who all worked together to move manure from the top of the farm down to some newly built beds at the bottom of the farm.

Wilson, Ellie, Lucy and Lauren got to work shovelling the poop into very large wheelbarrows. Tom told us we would see rats in the muck heap but fortunately we didn't come across any rat friends this evening.

Freddie, Alice and farm volunteer Danni were kept busy moving straw with rakes off of the path and back into contained sections, Freddie also trimmed back the nettles which were encroaching on the path!

We were lucky to see the cute animals again this evening. Penny pig was particularly vocal and wanted to join the fun!

Once the poop was in the wheelbarrows each one had to be wheeled from the top of the farm to the bottom to the raised beds where farm volunteer Helen was filling up. Tom wasn't lying when he said it would be a task that would give us lots of exercise!

Its safe to say, we all had a great time and now we're all pooped out! We will look forward to seeing what the farm has in store for us next month 😊

Today saw our first visit to Southampton City Farm where we were tasked with cutting back and weeding the woodland walk and depositing new woodchips to help make the walk more accessible to members of the public.

It was lovely to welcome Debbie, Alice,Frederick,Lexie and Jo for their first Goodgym task and to have the lovely Judy and Val join us from Goodgym Portsmouth.

Judy got straight to work cutting back the hedge and Val, Wilson and Hannah did a stellar job loading the wheelbarrows with lots of woodchips and bringing them back to put on the new path.

Sara and Helen did a great job getting up the tough tufty bits of grass to make the path more accessible to wheelchair users and Jo was constantly on the move shifting barrows to the compost site.

Lexie did a great job raking the new woodchips over and Debbie, Freddie and Alice got stuck in cutting the hedge at the bottom of the path back and digging up stubborn bits of grass.

It was a team effort rewarded at the end with getting to see the animals. We hope to be back very soon and to see our lovely new goodgymers and visitors again!