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An autumnal update from my no dig garden

by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 5, 2022 | Ael Y Bryn, Autumn, Blog, Courses, Events, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Preserving, What To Sow Now, Winter

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...

Seeds of Love: what to sow in February

by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 13, 2022 | Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Spring, Winter

February 14th – St Valentine’s Day – is a magical time for gardeners. It is around this time that daylight starts to exceed 10 hours, the key number of hours needed for plants to grow and photosynthesise properly. It’s time to start sowing some...

Mangelwurzel wine recipe

by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 31, 2021 | Ael Y Bryn, Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Winter

Happy Hallowe’en! To celebrate Samhain, I am sharing the recipe I use to make Mangelwurzel Wine, which may seem strange on a day we associate more with pumpkin recipes. Did you know that mangelwurzels were used to make lanterns in parts of the UK long before...

Ael Y Bryn – my new Welsh no dig garden

by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 25, 2021 | Ael Y Bryn, Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture, Preparing The Soil, Spring

Welcome to Ael Y Bryn! We have now lived here in West Wales for just over a month and are absolutely loving it. It’s an exciting time creating a whole new no dig garden here and exploring our new location. Here I am making an abundant small homestead, mostly on...

What to sow in February

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...

A big adventure

by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 14, 2020 | Blog, Kitchen garden

There are going to be some big changes here over the next few months: I will be leaving my garden and allotment early next year because I have sold my house! My children and I have lived here for almost 20 years and it wasn’t an easy decision for us to make, but...

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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.