Our first session at the Harringay Night Shelter and it was a good one. Moya welcomed us, explained what needed doing, and Latoya, Julie and Mark got cracking, with Asan joining shortly afterwards. It's a winter night shelter, somewhat eerily located in out of use church premises, which went in to recess for the summer a few weeks ago. Linen needed to be put in storage, beds folded and put away, the sleeping area vacuumed, bathrooms cleaned, etc .... Latoya demonstrated her interior design skills by re-purposing the sleeping area in to a comfortable lounge space. Congratulations to Asan- this was his 10th good deed, achieved in short time and with great enthusiasm and a 100+% effort at everything he does! There's plenty more cleaning, sorting and tidying to be done (including the kitchen !) so expect to see another task listing soon!

Another great session in the Mulberry Tree Community Garden. It was wonderful to have goodgymer Ky join Asan and Mark along with other regular volunteers. There were a large number of tasks of which many got done, followed by lunch under the mulberry tree.

Fortunately Ms B had found a friendly workman to fix her loose door handle, so her only request when I arrived this afternoon was to turn her mattress - this one had handles (unlike one we'd removed from her flat a while back...), so after a deep breath, it was just a case of lift, twist, rotate and land all in (nearly) one movement.

Tonight's task took us to the pond at Harmony Gardens. Mike explained that three-cornered leeks were running rampant, and we needed to pull as many as possible up control the spread. They can spread by dividing bulbs but also through seeds. Mike advised not growing them in your garden - but they make a tasty pesto!

Everyone grabbed a fork and got to work. Before we knew it it was 8pm, there were still three cornered leeks everywhere but we had made a dent.

We're heading back on May 20, when the three-cornered leeks will be over but Mike will find plenty of other things for us to do.

Another great session at Scout Park with Urban Forest Tribe - hosted by founder Paula, and family members Stephen and Stephen. Rope was placed around the poles to create clear boundaries, 3 "balance boards" were put in place, and an enormous amount of wood-chip moved from a storage pile to pathways and use areas. The Urban Forest Tribe area is looking great!

Two Haringey goodgymers went off to the Mulberry Tree again to do some gardening. Another fun session with a good variety of tasks which kept everyone busy. Asan helped with planting asparagus plants, and with planting sweet pepper seedlings in to pots, amongst other tasks, and Mark was kept busy weeding and watering. Karen, Mark's sister, put in a guest appearance, even though she only arrived last night from Cape Town, and impressed all with her gardening skills and energy. Another great lunch prepared by Jo, which included 3 cornered leek pesto with pasta, and herbal tea, capped of a great time together in the garden.