by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 14, 2021 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring
Every year I look forward to Valentine’s Day – not for romantic reasons but for leafy ones! Because this is an excellent time to start your sowings for the year. Here in Somerset the sun rose today at around 7:25 and will set at around 17:25, ten hours of...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 6, 2020 | Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, The Creative Kitchen
 Whoosh! That was October… didn’t that fly by? And here we are in early November, the first frosts making the garden sparkle in early morning sunlight, turning frost tender plants such as nasturtiums to mush. It has been raining an awful lot too! ...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 5, 2020 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Summer
It’s early July in my no dig garden, and I am loving the daily fruity harvests of raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries and redcurrants. Whitecurrants are almost ready to pick and cherries soon too, protected from birds by enviromesh, pegged...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring
Yesterday was Earth Day 2020, a time for thinking about nature and our planet. No dig gardening is an earth inspired way of growing which protects the soil, soil life and environment. There’s been a phenomenal increase in interest in no dig gardening, which is...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 31, 2019 | Blog, Homesteading, Winter
It’s the last day of 2019 …. didn’t that pass quickly? I’m sure there are things on my “to do” list from February that I’m still meaning to get round to! I hope you all had a lovely festive time. I’ve mostly been at...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture
How to grow using no dig methods veganically, also known as “stock free”, without animal manures or other animal derived inputs. There’s a bit of a myth that you *have* to include animal manures in composts in order to grow good vegetables. I hear...