Three Weeds Later
2 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Ealing.
- Saturday, 31st of August 2024
3 weeks after their last visit to Mr R, Steph and Sevan returned to finish clearing the weeds from his front garden, minus Kash. When they looked into the garden, something was wrong. There were large weeds in the areas they'd previously cleared. Were they... zombie weeds?
Steph went to investigate 🕵️. He found that some of the reanimated weeds had thick roots under the soil, some larger than what was visible above. Apart from the patches of returning weeds, a clear divide could be seen between what had and hadn't been worked on last time.
With the revived weeds removed again, it was onto the untouched front of the garden. There was so much to clear and the ground was so hard that there was no time to get to all of the roots, making Sevan think that they'd be back again soon. Scraping the top surface was the most efficient approach and while it felt like they were making slow progress, taking a step back allowed them to see weed free areas appearing.
By the end of the mission, the weeding was almost finished. The garden looked good though and Mr R may make it though the winter without needing more support.
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Time travelling weeds! How did they get back so quickly?! Well done both on Mr R's garden - it's not an easy one.
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