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Podcast – How to get the best from your veg garden with no dig gardening guru Stephanie Hafferty

by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 29, 2022 | No Dig Gardening, Permaculture, Podcast

Shannon Keary from Diary of a Lady Gardener recently interviewed me for her podcast. Shannon and I met in the summer on her show garden allotment at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival 2022, which was based on her allotment in Devon. Listen to the podcast here. Shannon...

Watch me on BBC Gardeners’ World

by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 21, 2022 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture, Television

I am thrilled to share the happy news that I will be featured on BBC Gardeners’ World Winter Special on Friday 23rd December and on iPlayer etc after the broadcast. Earlier in the year I received an email from the BBC asking whether I would be interested in...

Grow food year round with no dig gardening

by Stephanie Hafferty | Dec 8, 2022 | Ael Y Bryn, Blog, No Dig Gardening, Permaculture, Resilient Gardening, Sustainable Gardening

Part one of a series of articles, explaining the joys of this wonderful, planet-friendly way of growing abundant food year round. (The rest of the articles will be published on the blog soon) What is no dig gardening? No Dig gardening is a wonderful way to grow...

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...

May update from my no dig homestead

by Stephanie Hafferty | May 26, 2022 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, Spring

I am writing this blog in a tiny thatched cottage in Oxfordshire, where I am staying for a few days, during eight days of working away in England. On Monday I attended Press Day at Chelsea Flower Show (read about that in another blog soon) and I am heading back there...

Lughnasadh harvests and what to sow now

by Stephanie Hafferty | Aug 1, 2021 | Ael Y Bryn, Blog, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Summer

Happy Lughnasadh! Also known as the feast of Lammas (“loaf mass”) August 1st has been celebrated for centuries as the time of the first grain harvest. There would be great celebrations with fairs, feasting and bonfires. It is high summer, but in the...

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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.