January update from the homestead
Somehow, it is the middle of the month already, so I thought it was time to share a January update from the homestead. Although we’re barely more than two weeks into 2026, a lot has been happening here. Snow, new garden plans, first seeds and …. My New...
Use It Up-uary
You’ve heard of Dry January and Veganuary – we’re doing Use It Up-uary. Use It Up-uary Instead of taking things up, or giving them up, we’re doing “Use It Up-uary”. This extends through January and February for us, but you can do it at any time. A...
The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden book review
The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden: How to Grow Food in a Changing Climate by Kim Stoddart 2025 has been an ‘interesting’ year, weather wise, here in the UK. Heavy rains caused severe flooding, much of the country experienced drought with hosepipe...
Book Review – A Wilder Way by Poppy Okotcha
A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us by Poppy Okotcha Illustrated by Frances Whitfield This beautiful, inspiring book is a personal memoir of a year in a Devonshire garden. A Wilder Way is a seasonal gardening manual, a homegrown recipe book and a joyful...
December newsy update
I thought it was about time to write a newsy update from the homestead. Yesterday I wrote a “what’s been happening in the garden” December blog which you can read here. Today’s blog is all about “what’s been happening here, other...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.
Publications I write for include:
