Permaculture Magazine: How to use green manures in no dig gardens
How To Use Green Manures in No Dig Gardening My feature explaining which the many benefits of green manures, which to use, when and how to use them is in the latest edition of Permaculture Magazine, Issue 115 – out now. I am delighted to be featured on...
Why I wait to sow
In January there’s a real temptation to get out those seed packets and start sowing, to brighten up short dark days with the promise of new leafy life. Do resist! Here’s why I don’t start sowing seeds in January. Even though I have heat mats, grow...
The Creative Kitchen on special offer!
My plant based recipe book The Creative Kitchen is on special offer of just £12 (plus P&P) until January 8th 2023. All of the affordable seasonal plant based recipes for meals, drinks, home and body care (and some crafts too!) are naturally vegan, using...
Watch me on BBC Gardeners’ World
I am thrilled to share the happy news that I will be featured  on BBC Gardeners’ World Winter Special on Friday 23rd December and on iPlayer etc after the broadcast. Earlier in the year I received an email from the BBC asking whether I would be interested in...
Grow food year round with no dig gardening
Part one of a series of articles, explaining the joys of this wonderful, planet-friendly way of growing abundant food year round. (The rest of the articles will be published on the blog soon) What is no dig gardening? No Dig gardening is a wonderful way to grow...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:
