by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 6, 2025 | Blog, Homesteading, Winter
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...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 5, 2025 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, Permaculture, Winter
A December update from my Welsh homestead – what’s been happening in the garden, and plans for the wintertime! There’s a newsy “what’s been happening other than gardening” update here. “Oh the weather outside is...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 2, 2025 | Ael Y Bryn, Blog, Homesteading, Spring, Winter
Oh my goodness, how much wild weather have we had this winter? For a while it seemed as though every few days there was another storm. Thankfully the weather forecast is looking more settled for early February, with more dry days, seasonally appropriate frost and even...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 11, 2024 | Homesteading, Recipes
I enjoy making my own natural cleaners using homegrown and store cupboard ingredients. They are thrifty, eco-friendly and contain no artificial fragrances. This festive fragranced cleaner is a great way to use up old spices and citrus peels, and cleans really well...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jun 28, 2024 | Ael Y Bryn, Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Resilient Gardening, Summer, Sustainable Gardening
It has been some time since I have posted a blog update from my homestead. Looking out of the window at grey skies it is hard to believe that July is just around the corner. 2024 so far has certainly been a very strange growing year, weather-wise. A cool wet year so...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Resilient Gardening, Summer, What To Sow Now
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...