Weeding, watering, and wheelbarrows

11 Goodgymers helped their local community in Oxford
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Oxford

Wednesday 28th August

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We had a triptych of tasks last night at the Marston Community Allotment:

  • With warm, dry weather forecast for the next few days eveything needed a good soaking.
  • One of the raised beds needed clearing of an assortment of weeds, including the dreaded bindweed.
  • Woodchip and compost needed shovelling and barrowing over from the site entrance.

The weeders unearthed parnsips amongst the weeds, the waterers to-d and fro-d around raised beds and polytunnel making sure everything was well hydrated, the woodchip was used to level out the pathway, and compost to earth up potatoes (after they'd been freed from their bindweed and bramble companions). With parakeets in the trees and some warm late-summer sunshine it was almost Costa del Oxford.

Honourable mention for Mark's cameo towards the end of the task - just in time time for plenty of selfies and eating all the fresh veg he could lay his hands on ;-)



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