Nettle, groundsel, alkanet, greeted us when first we met,

At Tiber Football, in the city, GoodGym magic would make it pretty.

Christine pulled and Pauline dug,

Ben hoe-hoed, and Rowan did tug.

Creeping thistle and common ragwort, we'll soon pull you up...or so we thought!

Jo was bending,

Kate crouched low,

All working hard, but progress slow.

Bindweed bound and couch grass grew, broad-leaved dock and brambles, too.

Tim cleared plants that stung and scratched,

Chris pulled grass, the weeds were matched!

Roots went deep, there seemed no end, tools were few, when used, they'd bend!

But Laura heaped the pulled weeds high, could it be...the end was nigh?

Serena filled the bins, and then... we filled them once or twice again.

And in the blazing summer sun, we all stood back, saw what we'd done.

The ground was clearer than before, we'd done three tasks, but needed more...

So, for today, our job was done!

GoodGym, you're fab! Thanks, everyone!

After the great work we did on Thursday, we returned to Tiber Football Centre to tackle the other big patch of weeds in the car park.

The 6 of us had a great time, pulling endless weeds and chatting away, all on a beautifully sunny Saturday afternoon.

Although we completely cleared the patch, we didn't have enough time to start on the majorly overgrown area on the other side of the fence, so we'll be back again to finish the job once and for all!

We're continuing our weeding streak after last week's CM at Everton Park, with a tidy up at Tiber Football Centre.

On a grey but dry Thursday, 10 GoodGymers gathered at the Tiber square off Lodge Lane, a space a few of us weeded earlier this year (or was it last year?) for Greenhouse Project.

There we met Mark from Tiber who explained that the football centre actually grew out of Greenhouse Project next door about a year ago. And that before the lockdown, 1000 kids and adults were using the facilities every week.

Donning our gloves, we quickly got down to the task of weeding the overgrown car park. The weeds must have loved recent weather as there were so much of it! We filled several wheely bins of weeds and other rubbish (including a toy bunny rabbit).

Although we cleared a lot, there's still more for us to tackle when we go back on Saturday.