Next week, me and my kids who are 7 and 9 and my friends and their kids who are also 7 and 9, are walking and camping 97 miles along st Oswald way to raise funds for Higher Ground. I’m not expecting my 7 year old to complete it all Read more…
Welcome to the site, big poly tunnel’s wee sister, the soon to be Chilli house! I’m beyond amazed at the speed in which this team of volunteers put up our new poly tunnel. Chris, looking like he was off to the office, casually prevented us from making some morbid mistakes Read more…
This morning I popped in to see the ladies of the Allen Valley Knit and Crochet group in Catton village hall. They were all cheerful and industrious, busy on their own projects with cups of tea and biscuits in hand, and had invited me along to present a donation to Read more…
This weekend it is our first anniversary on the HG site! The ridiculously massive and terrifying compost delivery, first spade in the ground, snow Armageddon, it all happened in the space of a week last year. Just look at how it’s all changed since then 🙂 Feb 2018 Read more…
Today Sam trusted me to rummage through his tools and be let loose in the poly-tunnel on my own as he isn’t on site today. Remarkably I didn’t manage to break anything or stab myself with a fork, but I did manage to pot up 48 seedlings (he told me Read more…
Here it is! After having so much interest in the prospect of an apple tree grafting workshop, Honest Graft who are a community interest company from Newcastle who work with community orchards, are coming to run a fantastic workshop for our project next month. It will be on Sunday 24th Read more…
…..or four if you count the one through the first school yard, is what we’ve worked on this last few weeks. There’s a little known path with steps to the street behind our building which has been closed off and overgrown for years and years. So with the help of Read more…
Well hello winter! This cold spell has seen frosty, icy days on site, the ground being frozen solid and being able to see our breath even inside our building! We can’t function using the massive, industrial storage heaters left over from the building’s former life as a school classroom, they’re Read more…
Happy new year to you all! What an amazing year 2018 has been for the project, from the first spade in the ground last February to completion of the Medway renovations in November, so much has happened and we’ve been bowled over by everyone’s support. It’s hard for us to Read more…
Bit of a belated post here, but we wanted to share these fantastic photos of our recent VIP visitors to our site. We were really lucky to have been used as a base for the Stormtroopers and Wookiee who came to fundraise for local causes back in October during the Read more…