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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...

Earth Day

by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Spring

Yesterday was Earth Day 2020, a time for thinking about nature and our planet. No dig gardening is an earth inspired way of growing which protects the soil, soil life and environment. There’s been a phenomenal increase in interest in no dig gardening, which is...

Interview and Competition! With Burgon and Ball

by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, The Creative Kitchen

I was recently interviewed by Alison at Burgon and Ball – the interview is now live on their blog and there’s a great grow (and eat!) your own competition. The prize is: A copy of The Creative Kitchen A copy of No Dig Organic Home and Garden A large...

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...

No dig abundance in July

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 30, 2019 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Summer

Hasn’t the month passed quickly? I can hardly believe that it is August on Thursday. Today I’ve been enjoying more of an indoor kind of day, catching up with things at my desk and general chores, because it has – finally, oh joy! – been...

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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.