Quick squash hummus recipe
This colourful and delicious plant based recipe is sure to please. My roasted squash and tomato hummus recipe is easy enough to make for every day meals and richly tasty enough for special occasions. It makes a gorgeous addition to festive buffets, and served with...
Festive Gifts for Gardeners
A selection of festive gift ideas which support small independent businesses – including an exclusive 50% off discount code for Huw Richard’s online course, a discounted voucher for online plant based cookery courses and 50% off a backyard forest gardening...
Mangelwurzel wine recipe
Happy Hallowe’en! To celebrate Samhain, I am sharing the recipe I use to make Mangelwurzel Wine, which may seem strange on a day we associate more with pumpkin recipes. Did you know that mangelwurzels were used to make lanterns in parts of the UK long before...
Giveaway with Burgon and Ball
Read my interview with Burgon & Ball, one of the sponsors of our RHS No Dig Allotment Garden, for a chance to win a copy of The Creative Kitchen and two fantastic hoes. The interview is on the Burgon and Ball blog here. The deadline for entering the giveaway is...
You Tube Channel
I recently started a You Tube channel, which will include videos about setting up my new no dig garden here in Wales, grow your own tutorials, recipes, and collaborations with others. I actually started posting a few weeks ago, but only told people about it yesterday!...
Refrigerator pickled cucumbers
A simple to make delicious recipe for quick pickled cucumbers, with mint and turmeric. I love cucumbers, they are so versatile, crisp and refreshing. Next week I have all my children home, and other family visiting too, so I have made some quick refrigerator pickles...
Lughnasadh harvests and what to sow now
Happy Lughnasadh! Also known as the feast of Lammas (“loaf mass”) August 1st has been celebrated for centuries as the time of the first grain harvest. There would be great celebrations with fairs, feasting and bonfires. It is high summer, but in the...
Back home from Hampton Court
What a fantastic time I had at Hampton Court: two weeks working on the build of the garden, followed by a week working on the garden with some fantastic people, and then part of the breakdown afterwards. I have loads of photos and news to share, and will be blogging...
RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden
Hello from London! After over 1 1/2 years of preparations, I can hardly believe that I am now working at Hampton Court Garden Festival, creating the RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden and preparing for the show itself. I arrived on site on Monday 21st, after a...Stephanie Hafferty
photo by Jason Ingram
Welcome to my blog. I’m Stephanie, follow my journey as I create my homestead in rural Wales on around half an acre. Here I grow year round, and teach gardening, homesteading and food courses.
An experienced kitchen gardener, homesteader and plant-based chef, I’ve been growing my own food for decades to feed my family. I am an award winning garden and food writer, write for many publications and am currently working on my third book.
From the garden to the kitchen, explore the categories below to follow the rhythms of life on the homestead.
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