by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 19, 2025 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 7, 2025 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
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...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 7, 2025 | Blog, Book Reviews
Growing by Ramona Jones – A year of living and nurturing with the seasons Many readers will know Ramona from her gorgeous, uplifting social media, including her instagram account @Monalogue which has over 1 million followers. I started following Ramona a few...
by Stephanie Hafferty | May 4, 2025 | Book Reviews
Grow a New Garden by Becky Searle is a fantastic guide for anyone wanting to create a vibrant, healthy garden, whatever size space. Becky, a qualified ecologist and experienced gardener and garden writer, has moved many times and each time has created a thriving...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 13, 2024 | Blog, Book Reviews, Reviews
Written by Poppy Okotcha and illustrated by Frances Whitfield, this beautiful calendar is ideal for anyone interested in sustainable living and ecological gardening. The calendar is more than just a place to write down appointments and keep a track of the days. It is...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 2, 2024 | Book Reviews, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking
It Starts with Veg is the first cook book by chef and food educator, Ceri Jones. The cheerful yellow cover, so easy to find on the bookshelf, invites the reader to discover 100 seasonal suppers and sides, in which vegetables are the stars. Focusing on 40 vegetables,...