A great start to Friday with de-bindweeding one of the beds in the front space of the farm an an opportunity to clear some of the autumn (!) debris from the road outside - plus loads of chat and catching up - perfect!

A delight to join Toby on his first older person mission, although it difficult to determine who was the mission veteran here as Toby had come very well equipped with gloves, secateurs and a rather handy cement trowel which proved very effective at weeding in those hard to get places.

Whereas yours truly was attempting to cut back some brambles directly overhead which then dropped down onto my head which was missing its usual cap - d’oh!! A right old tangle!

Toby did a great job of clearing the pathway of weeds, whilst I was cutting back the tall grass and weeds on one side of the back garden and then managed to clear most of the front yard whilst I finished off the weeding and bagging along the side path.

Still more to do here but Mrs S was delighted with our efforts and now has safer access along the paths around her house 😊

A soggy Friday morning was made so much better with a visit to the city farm, grabbing some wheelbarrows (taking a sneaky peak at the goats) and filling them with shovels, woodchip and rakes to tidy and spread in the wildlife area.

Two GG couples so social-distancing was super-simple and we made short work of the leaves before covering in a good layer of chipping.

We then checked out the Hallowe’en set-up and tried to work out whodunnit to the pumpkin 🎃.

More next week!

*Conifers doesn’t rhyme or scan...