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My Vegepod and how to fill a large container garden for year round veggies

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog, Kitchen garden, No Hungry Gap, Permaculture

I grow a lot of veg, herbs and fruit in planters at home, to make a largish area of old concrete productive. In November Vegepod sent me* one of their large pods to try out. Here’s how I filled it with different composts to help create a richly diverse...

Mid October in my veg garden

by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 19, 2019 | Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening

October is such a busy time in my garden – harvesting, clearing, sowing, planting and getting everything ready for the winter months. Gardening plans have been hindered however by so much rain! Just a few weeks ago here in Somerset we were a bit concerned about...

What to sow now for winter and spring harvests

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...

Weeding for the Queen… and other gardening news!

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...

Back home

by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 19, 2019 | Blog, Gardening, Kitchen garden, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring, Winter

I had a great time on holidays, but it’s nice being home again too, especially now that spring is in the air! I flew back from Thailand on January 24th. Coming into London at 6am, this was the view from my window – can you see Tower Bridge? Good to see my...

New Year news!

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...

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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.