Ael Y Bryn – my new Welsh no dig garden
Welcome to Ael Y Bryn! We have now lived here in West Wales for just over a month and are absolutely loving it. It’s an exciting time creating a whole new no dig garden here and exploring our new location. Here I am making an abundant small homestead, mostly on...
The No Dig Allotment Feature Garden at RHS Hampton Court Festival
It is wonderful to be able to share this news with you and have something to look forward to this year! I am co-designing a Feature Garden for RHS Hampton Court. The show will be held on 6 – 11 July 2021.We were first approached by the RHS in early 2020: would...
No Dig Gardening Podcast with Vai Kumar
Vai Kumar of Fresh Leaf Forever recently interviewed from her home in Atlanta, Georgia for her podcast – and here it is! Hope you enjoy it. We had such a fun time making this podcast and I look forward to chatting with Vai again in the future. Check out...
What to sow in February
Every year I look forward to Valentine’s Day – not for romantic reasons but for leafy ones! Because this is an excellent time to start your sowings for the year. Here in Somerset the sun rose today at around 7:25 and will set at around 17:25, ten hours of...
Last minute gifts? Gardening & food authors to inspire you.
If you’re stuck for what to buy the gardener or food enthusiast in your life, here are some suggestions for excellent books and calendars. It’s a bit biased because they are all by friends – but you’ll be supporting small businesses!The last...
Robins, compost and weeds
In the UK no bird is more associated with wintertime and Christmas than the robin. I have the good fortune to enjoy the company of two of these charming little birds: one in my front garden and one at the allotment. Here is the allotment robin, who accompanied me...Podcast and an upcoming online gardening event!
I’m taking part in an online gardening question time (not the GQT!) on Thursday 10th, and was interviewed for a podcast last week, which is live now. The link for the Kitchen Garden Magazine Podcast is here. And on Thursday December 10th I am taking part in a...
December dawns
Early on the first day of the last month of 2020, I walked to my allotment and was treated to this spectacular sunrise. What a beautiful start to a new month. The day was cold and clear and blue and sunny until around 3:30pm, a real treat. My allotment neighbours...
A big adventure
There are going to be some big changes here over the next few months: I will be leaving my garden and allotment early next year because I have sold my house! My children and I have lived here for almost 20 years and it wasn’t an easy decision for us to make, but...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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