At Clitterhouse Farm, the approaching cold weather means the greenhouse has never been more important (or appreciated). But while it keeps all the incubating veggies inside nice and toasty, who’s looking out for it? The answer, of course, is GoodGym.

To make sure the sturdy wooden frame was ready for whatever the elements might chuck at it, Tabitha, Josh, Samina, Pete, and Chris headed over to give it a good oiling — specifically with linseed oil, which is perfect not only for protecting wood from rot and moisture, and enhancing its natural grain and colour (what a glow-up!), but also for bringing back nostalgic memories of preparing cricket bats as a child. (That might just have been Pete, though.)

Before we could start, we had to make sure that any existing residents wouldn’t be harmed, so several volunteers used feather dusters to sweep away cobwebs and safely deposit quite a few huge spiders into the nearby bushes.

Then it was just a question of grabbing our brushes and sponges and giving the greenhouse a nice, solid coat of oil - all set for the months ahead!

Samina and Pete jogged to Abbey community centre where we met Lee. Jason gave us the tools and showed us what to do. We cleaned table tops, chairs, fridges and mopped the floor. We walked back and had a drink Well done everyone.

we watered and shovelled compost !

Josh, Chris, Samina, Dani and Pete met at Beer n Burger, did a quick warm up, then jogged approx 3 km to meet Ajay in West Hampstead ( we finally got there after Pete got lost, there was plenty of help at hand though). Beatriz arrived then Ajay arrived on a beautiful summer eve and gave us tools to weed with - cutters, hoes, forks and gloves. We all worked really hard completely removing all the weeds from the planter box, feeling 2 huge green waste bags and also removing plenty of rubbish. We still had a little time so we went around the corner and did the same for another planter box, another good job. Thanks to everyone and to AJ. We then walked to Kilburn high road as a cool down and Beatriz went her way, the rest jogged back to B and B. Josh peeled off home as he had to go, the rest ended up in B and B and had a lovely cool drink and chat. Thank you so much to Dani who came to GG Brent for the first time, we hope you come back. See you next time.