Today we had our first group activity of the new year.
Digging up more than 1/4 of the allotment in 1 hour!
It shows that many hands make light(er) work.

Nicola, Martha, Trish and Monika, all members of the Shared Garden and some are also members of the Skills exchange, paid either a gem or made some lovely drinks and cakes to treat the Skills Exchange members who came to work for an hour.

Paul and Nicola, Tina with Oscar and Louis, Diane, Ian, Zena, Dave, James, John and Trish came to dig up the turf in preparation for the pototoes that will be planted in March.

I organised the group dig and earned my gems by baking bread and making tonnes of marmalade, and gave some eggs and a lemon drizzle to Simon and Kathy, Hope you all liked it. I was thrilled with the end result.

It was a lovely morning getting so many people to work to gether, have a work out and had 2 people join up as friends of the shared garden.

We finished off with a chat, lovely cakes provided by Nicola and Monika and some hot drinks brought by Nicola and Trish.

Apart from some ripped jeans, a few hawthornes and a big blister, we seem to have come out
unscathed, fitter, a gem richer and met up with wonderful friends. A great way to spend an hour together!