What to sow now for year round harvests – August
Get sowing! August is a great time for sowing many vegetables, herbs, salads and flowers for year round harvests. You don’t need a lot of fancy equipment. Almost all of these can be grown outside in the UK (depending on your location!) Fill those gaps If like me...
Courgette Zucchini Double Chocolate Muffin Recipe
Courgette / Zucchini Double Chocolate Muffins Feeling overwhelmed by courgettes? Tired of finding ways to hide zucchini in your meals? It’s time to make these delicious chocolate muffins!These moist, flavoursome and chocolatey muffins are a delicious way to use...
This week: BBC Gardeners’ World Live
I am delighted to be appearing at BBC Gardeners’ World Live this week, on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th June, speaking about no dig gardening. Located at the NEC, Birmingham, it promises to be a fantastic event.Situated on the We Grow Stage, part of The Secret...
And the winner is……Ceri!
Congratulations to Ceri who has won the giveaway. I will be in touch via email. If the email doesn’t arrive check your spam, or message me. Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway. Your comments are fabulous. What an amazing wildlife friendly bunch you...
GIVEAWAY – win a Grow Year Round No Dig Gardening Course Voucher
******Congratulations to Ceri who won the giveaway. The competition is now closed. Thank you to all who entered*****To celebrate two years since we moved to the Half Acre Homestead here in Ceredigion, Wales and the start of my gardening courses here next weekend, I am...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:
