I know this is highly irregular to do two blog posts on one day, but I just realised I didn’t blog about our lovely lock-down ducklings! Those who follow us on social media will know this but Hillary laid 12 eggs and 9 hatched into lush little balls of fluff Read more…
We are so pleased to have our volunteers back! It’s been really difficult just the two of us keeping on top of everything since the beginning of lock-down. In between home schooling, day jobs and the weather, we have just done what we can to keep it going so we Read more…
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of welcoming the wildflower nursery into the Higher Ground family! 🥳🌿 The AONB led and funded project completed in April 2019, handing the ongoing running of the nursery to a group of volunteers as a sub-project of Higher Ground. Since then the team have focused Read more…
What strange times we are now living in. Since the lock down restrictions were announced three weeks ago we have been living in a peculiar, strained state of limbo. Like so many others we have been grappling with the concept of home schooling while trying to maintain some sort or Read more…
Ugh we’re totally sick of this wind. With a blustery preamble and then two days of rage, Storm Ciara thankfully left the poly-tunnels in one piece but continues to chuck slushy snow at us so the site is a boggy mess. Thankfully Sam has gone and got all manly and Read more…
Before Christmas a few of us had a chat in the pub about getting together to try and mend local household goods to try and reduce waste. Since then we have managed to get a lovely team of skilled repairers together who are willing to Read more…
Happy new year and a huuge thanks to everyone who helped out in any way, big or small, in 2019! We’ve had a fantastic year including our first crops, our first referrals, and over 60 volunteers offering over 500 hours of time. With their help we’ve created a lovely pond Read more…
We’ve been opening the building for a coffee drop in now for a few months, sometimes we have up to 8 people, sometimes only 1 or 2 and sometimes none – I might have frightened people away with my attempt at baking – but we don’t mind this, we’re there Read more…
We’re now selling a fair few veg boxes on Saturday mornings from the poly-tunnel. There’s something different in them each week depending upon what is ready to pick, last week was onions, french beans, carrots, Desiree potatoes, cucumber, courgettes and herbs. Boxes are £8 and we only have a limited Read more…
On Friday we had a visit from the newly elected North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll. He met some of our regular volunteers, met the ducks, and had a tour of the garden and building to find out all about the project as he is interested in social enterprises that Read more…
