Six brave GoodGymers braced the bitterly cold winds coming from the North Pole (it seemed).

Simon and the Thorlands gang began the session announcing that they had won "Best Resident Garden 2021" in the latest Edible Rotherhithe Awards. The £150 that comes with the prize will go a long way in developing the garden further.

We were back at the Forest and Kitchen garden to do more clearing. It is the time of the year where leaves natural fall, so everyone had the task to rake some leaves whether it was with a rake, shovel or with their hands. The leaf and green pile is growing to create a mulch in the future.

Yet, we all had individual tasks:

Chris had the privilege to use the bow saw to take down the stump by the fence....to make it into a trip hazard 😂 before moving his expertise to raking and clearing in the Kitchen garden.

Nathan loves his hoe...the tool...as he continued to tackle the roots in the Forest garden.

Lucie was the main rake-ist, but towards the end of the session she helped Lindy with chopping up the brambles.

Lindy helped with a variety of tasks - raking with her hands, clearing the roots near the kitchen garden and chopping up the brambles in the forest garden.

Claire coming back for her second good deed in a row! Well done and welcome back! She concentrated on clearing the kitchen garden area to prepare it for the cupboard, straw and woodchip setup we had done weeks ago for the mushroom workshop.

Sam started off with harvesting another row of the Jerusalem artichokes (fartichokes) before helping with some raking and chopping up some brambles...yet, he had to leave early for another task.

There's still plenty to be done, but Simon will always find tasks for us to do to ensure the Thorlands Garden vision remains in good stead.

Thank you all for coming out today and embracing the cold weather we had! You're all troopers and I hope you have an awesome weekend! You deserve it!