Jessica, JP and I came to support the Friends of Ham Lands once again for our monthly volunteering session to improve the butterfly habitat in our local area. Sufiyo met with Jessica to give her some information about the plans and jobs set out for us in order to support the wildlife in the area. Our task for today was to rake up the grass, roots and brambles to clear an area set to become an open space. JP entertained us with stories of a musical comedy show he’d been to recently while we worked to fill the giant bag of bits. Once the bags were full we worked together to drag them over to the other side through the brambles and dump them out. In raking up the soil we came across many worms that JP managed to link as siblings or cousins of the last worm found based on their features! Jessica kept focused on our task and warned us not to sniff the soil and twig piles we had been gathering. We were even rewarded with some lovely homemade ginger biscuits at the end. The three mattock-eers needed to rake a break after the hard work we’d put in and said our farewells to the Friends of Ham Lands until next month!