GoodGym Ealing's monthly visit to the Feeding Ealing site in Perivale found that even more trees and crops had been planted in the last month. Everything was growing fast and that led to one of the tasks for the GoodGymers today.

Joseph was leading the session for Feeding Ealing and took the volunteers into the polytunnel.

"This is paradise!" - Joseph

All of the raised beds were full of green leaves and produce, with okra, chillies and tomatoes seen to be growing. There was still opportunity in those beds though and the first task was to make onion rings. That is, plant onions all around the edges of each raised bed. Roberta, Gus and Olivia started working on this in the polytunnel with other Feeding Ealing volunteers, pushing the bulbs into the ground.

Outside, Kash, Steph and Sevan would be adding supports from some climbing plants to grow big and strong. To do this, they needed to find some cut branches that were not too short, not too long, not to thin and not too thick. Luckily, they found some that were just right in a pile of previously cut branches. Those branches needed to be pushed into the soil of the raised bed, then tied to 2 trellis wires running the length of the bed, giving the branches support. The trio were joined by Gus and spent the rest of the task stringing the branches up.

"We're pole dancing?" - Kash
"String fellows? 🤭" - Sevan

Roberta and Olivia moved on to the beds outside, continuing to spread their onions all over the site 🧅. Olivia did an amazing job on her first GoodGym session. Welcome Olivia! 👋🎉

Joseph was so happy with the progress that he offered some of the early harvest to the team. They each had a few damsons straight off the tree and were given a crop of stripey courgettes to take home and enjoy 😋.