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...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.
Publications I write for include:
