The No Dig Allotment Feature Garden at RHS Hampton Court Festival
It is wonderful to be able to share this news with you and have something to look forward to this year! I am co-designing a Feature Garden for RHS Hampton Court. The show will be held on 6 – 11 July 2021.We were first approached by the RHS in early 2020: would...
What to sow in February
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...
Autumnal update from my no dig garden
 Whoosh! That was October… didn’t that fly by? And here we are in early November, the first frosts making the garden sparkle in early morning sunlight, turning frost tender plants such as nasturtiums to mush. It has been raining an awful lot too! ...
What is no dig (no till) gardening?
I have been gardening using no dig methods, or no till as it is also known, for around 12 years. I’ve worked in, created or advised many different kinds of edible growing spaces: market gardens, kitchen gardens on large private estates, pop up gardens for festivals,...
No Dig Talk Online – Sustainable(ish) Online Festival
I had a great time participating in this (and not too many technical hitches!) If you’d like to see the talk it is now online. This link takes you to the Crowdcast site where the whole festival is being hosted. No Dig Gardening Talk and information for the whole...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.
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