Not to be defeated...even by turnips

A group from the Finance team banded together to help out at LionMouth Rural Centre on a beautiful morning - could it be one of the 28 days of sunshine that we get between September and March. After enjoying coffee over a health and safety briefing, Nathan took the group on a tour of their land. It was fantastic to see the progression that had been made following previous challenges. The fish-pass was complete and the fence that St. John's College had started was really starting to take shape. 

The team were tasked with clearing the lower level bed and set to work separating the weeds from the plants for the compost. Richard, however, decided that he would tackle a weed growing on the bank edging the bed. Whilst the rest of the team worked their way through the corn and cabbage, finding a potato and turnip along the way, he hacked away the stems and started digging the roots. 

All the commotion attracted the attention of the 6 new chickens, the newest addition to the LionMouth family. Unfortunately they were quite oblivious to the forks and spades as there were worms involved, and many at that. The group took barrow after barrow up to the compost bin and were quickly approaching the end of the bed. And still Richard was digging. The determination of volunteers has been particularly reflected in the last couple of tasks; with groups setting a goal and unwilling to hinder. This task was by no means an exception - the bed was transformed and, a near escape from exhaustion, the root was…well uprooted.

However the early morning luck of sunshine started to wear thin and the sputtering of rain shortly became a downpour eventually developing into a thunderstorm. Well done to the team for sticking it out.