Sustainable Gardening Talk at the Reading the Wild Literature Festival
I am delighted to be returning to the fabulous Reading the Wild Literature Festival at Llandovery, on Saturday May 9th. The festival takes place over the weekend of May 9th and 10th. Reading the Wild Reading The Wild brings together writers, poets and thinkers who...
March news blog: reviews, giveaways and webinars
I’m writing this March news blog whilst on a short holiday in Scotland, visiting my son Ruairi who lives near Stirling. So it’s not a garden update – I’ll write that later next week when I am back in Wales. I have written a garden-themed blog...
Workshops, talks & demos in September
This month I will be giving workshops, talks and demos at RHS Wisley, Harrogate Flower Show, the Permaculture Festival and running courses at my homestead. I hope you can join me at one or more of these events. RHS Wisley Flower Show I’m looking forward to...
Homesteading, ducks and courses: an August update from my garden
Here at my small homestead in rural Wales, August has been a rather lovely month. We’ve had sunshine, warmth and showers, resulting in abundant growth of the veggies and also, unfortunately, the brambles that are on a takeover mission…..! Today the morning...
An autumnal update from my no dig garden
Things are slowing down in the garden here at Ael Y Bryn, and the landscape view from my desk window is very autumnal. It’s pouring down. I’m waiting for the rain to stop so that I can harvest some greens, leeks and herbs to go with our dinner this evening...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:
