Wednesday 24th December
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Report written by Sevan
Behind Mrs M's house lay a jungle filled with trees, vines, spiky branches and all sorts of other things. Mrs M wanted the trees in her jungle to produce fruit again, so GoodGym sent Mr and Ms Tarzan to help her out.
The trees that Mrs M wanted to get producing fruit again were in the middle of the jungle and had become overgrown with ivy and brambles. So much so that the bark of the trees could barely be seen in places. The Tarzans, ducked, dived and swung their ways through creepers and climbers to arrive at the fruitless apple trees. Clearing the ivy was key to the trees' future health as the GoodGym pair had learned at an earlier group session this year.
After the effort of making their way to the trees, the Tarzans took a look at the tools that Mrs M had given them and found 1 sharp and 1 blunt pair of secateurs, a blunt pair of shears and a garden fork. With few useful tools, they'd have to use their brains... or as it turned out, their strength to free the trees. After using the secateurs to cut the low level thinner vines, they took separate paths. Mr Tarzan went low to prise the thick vines close to the ground away from the tree bark, then break them to kill the ivy far above his head. Ms Tarzan swung and climbed high into the canopy to clear as many vines as possible from the tree bark.
With pulling, prising, twisting and snapping, the Tarzans managed to clear all of the vines from the 2 tree trunks that were within reach. With nothing left to swing with, the pair walked to the edge of the jungle to tell Mrs M of their successes. Mrs M was hopeful that with the GoodGymers' help, she would have a better crop of apples next year.
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