This week, the trolley was back in action with it's full compliment of wheels. This went some way to making up for the depleted number of volunteers.

With the task now down to a fine art, task owner and goodgymmer made good progress, helped briefly and periodically by a couple of other local tree volunteers unable to stay for the full hour but wanting to help out as much as they could.

Within an hour (and after another hot day), all baby trees had been given a drink for another week.

It was time to water the thirsty trees of Stoke Newington Common again, and two goodgymmers were on hand to help the regular volunteers of Stoke Newington Common Users Group (SNUG) do the job.

No sooner had we filled the bottles of water and arrived at the first watering point, but the wheel fell off the wagon.

Undeterred, the continued the task by hand, carrying two bottles each to the baby trees. Despite our efforts last week and the lower temperatures recently, the water was much needed so we will be back lending a hand again very soon.

3 GoodGymers helped the Stoke Newington common user group water 15 baby trees and 50 newly planted shurbs with 500 litres of water.

Big effort after such a dry week in Hackney. 7 rounds if filling up the trolly full of bottles and watering all over the common.

some very thirsty trees and shrubs were very grateful for the hydration and promised to grow big and strong in the warm weather with the big feed!

we will be back next week with another helping hand!

Wetting the Baby tree's heads to celebrate Vinney reaching 50 GoodGym GoodDeeds!!

Helping our friends at the Stoke Newington common user group who keep all the good stuff going strong on the common.

After our weeding efforts a few weeks ago the shrubs on the mound and baby trees were looking health but thirsty. so after grabbing the trolley and filling up 120 liters of water we hauled it first over to the mounds to water the shrubs then after a quick refill of the water over to the newly planted baby trees to keep them happy, healthy and hydrated!!

All complete we headed off to celebrate 50 GoodDeeds for the GG legend Vinney!!

4 GoodGymers made there ways to Stoke Newington Common for the first baby tree watering session of the summer.

With all the rain around this year we have started a bit later keeping the thirsty newly planted baby trees hydrated.

We were back this week, and first job was to get the newly planted shrubs and trees some breathing room so they can absorb the water, and nutrients to thrive.

So after we grabbed fists full of weeds and long grass we watered the shrubs on the mounds and the Baby trees lining the pathway.

Top work from the squad and if you are around to help set up or close down the Stoke Newington Common Fun day on Sunday your assistance would be very welcome!! Gazebos, Tables, bunting either putting out or folding down.

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/stoke-newington-fun-day-set-up

https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/stoke-newington-fun-day-clear-up

Two Goodgymmers joined the Stoke Newington Common volunteers to help bed in some young trees. While new saplings were planted around the common, Dan and Anne helped load up wheel barrows of mulch and spread it around the base of the young trees planted last year. Once that task was complete, this year's trees were ready for their mulch too. In what felt like no time at all, Stoke Newington Common and most importantly the base of a good ten young trees, were covered in little 'mulch doughnuts' keeping the weeds out and the moisture in.