by Stephanie Hafferty | Sep 11, 2019 | Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Permaculture, Polytunnel
Now is the ideal time to sow many different kinds of vegetables and herbs, for cropping through the winter and into next spring, and beyond! September …. so much to harvest and preserve: ripening fruit, squashes, courgettes are still cropping even though looking...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 30, 2019 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Summer
Hasn’t the month passed quickly? I can hardly believe that it is August on Thursday. Today I’ve been enjoying more of an indoor kind of day, catching up with things at my desk and general chores, because it has – finally, oh joy! – been...
by Stephanie Hafferty | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, Summer
May: such a magical month in the garden. The growth is incredible and each day the garden reveals new delights! When the first strawberries ripen we know summer is on its way. It’s also a time of letting go of overwintered plants in the polytunnel to create...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 5, 2019 | Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Spring, Summer, The Creative Kitchen, Winter
Kale, a nutrient dense vegetable high in vitamins, is well known for its many health benefits. Easy to grow and winter hardy in the UK, it’s a fantastic plant for the hungry home gardener. Kale’s delicious leaves make a tasty addition to all kinds of meals...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, The Creative Kitchen
The Queen visited “my” work kitchen garden yesterday, so I spent time on Wednesday making sure it was all weeded and spruced up. Ok, so perhaps the purpose of her visit to Bruton wasn’t to gaze upon my herbs and veggies but it’s not...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jan 15, 2019 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, Permaculture, The Creative Kitchen
New allotment plans, magazine articles, writing a new book and other plans for 2019. Happy (belated) New Year! I’m writing this in my “office” in Dad’s lush tropical gardens, next to the rice fields in a small village in Doi Saket, Chiang Mai. It’s a beautiful place...