What to sow now for harvests through winter and into spring
Late summer is like a second spring. Sow now to grow your own delicious vegetables, herbs and salads, for harvesting during the winter and next spring. I’ll explain how. Your homegrown larder This second spring gives us a great opportunity to add to our...
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...
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...
Autumnal update from my no dig garden
 Whoosh! That was October… didn’t that fly by? And here we are in early November, the first frosts making the garden sparkle in early morning sunlight, turning frost tender plants such as nasturtiums to mush. It has been raining an awful lot too! ...
What to sow now – September
There is still sow much that you can sow for cropping over winter and into the spring, for delicious harvests grown undercover and outside. September is like a second spring, a busy sowing and planting month, but unlike actual spring every day is shorter, there is...Stephanie Hafferty
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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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