Planning the next stages for an abundant polytunnel
This is the fourth in my series of blog posts, explaining how to grow vegetables and herbs which can be sown now to see you through the winter and spring – no hungry gap in 2018! I have added the category No Hungry Gap, so you can find all of the blogs easily using...
Picking, propagation, preparing, preserving
This is the third blog of my series of blog posts, explaining how to grow vegetables and herbs which can be sown now to see you through the winter and spring – no hungry gap in 2018! I have added the category No Hungry Gap, so you can find all of the blogs easily...
Sow now! for winter and spring harvests
This is the second part of my series of blog posts, explaining how to grow vegetables and herbs which can be sown now to see you through the winter and spring – no hungry gap in 2018! I have added the category No Hungry Gap, so you can find them easily using...
Growing for winter harvests: what to sow and when!
Now is the time to start planning and sowing for late autumn, winter and spring harvests, no hungry gap in 2018! Over the next few weeks I will be sharing my sowing, planting, soil preparation and other seasonal plans for growing under cover and outside. First of...
Late summer polytunnel
It is the first day of September and autumn has been in the air now for a few weeks, earlier than usual here in Somerset. The garden is full of vegetables, fruit and flowers, bright with sunflowers and snapdragons, but now when I rise at 5 am the sky is still dark and...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.
Publications I write for include:
