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Three delicious versatile veg to sow now for winter feasts!

by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Permaculture, The Creative Kitchen

Sow delicious easy to grow and store vegetables for a taste of something homegrown throughout the winter and into spring. Here are a few of my favourites. What do you like to grow for winter recipes? Some are botanically fruit, but we mostly use them as vegetables in...

Kale – Root to Shoot: leaves, flowers, sprouts and more!

by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 5, 2019 | Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Spring, Summer, The Creative Kitchen, Winter

Kale, a nutrient dense vegetable high in vitamins, is well known for its many health benefits. Easy to grow and winter hardy in the UK, it’s a fantastic plant for the hungry home gardener. Kale’s delicious leaves make a tasty addition to all kinds of meals...

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...

How to make nasturtium salt & other nasturtium recipes

by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 22, 2018 | Blog, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, The Creative Kitchen

In my garden a bright jungle of colourful nasturtiums are rejoicing in the surprisingly warm sunshine-y October weather. After a summer of taking their prolific spiciness for granted, I’m keen to preserve what I can before the weather turns colder…....

On this harvest moon…

by Stephanie Hafferty | Sep 27, 2018 | Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, potions, Preparing The Soil, Preserving, The Creative Kitchen, Winter

This week began with the Autumn Equinox, the festival of Mabon, which starts on September 21st although the actual time of the equinox was Sunday 23rd at around 2am (in the UK). Day and night are of equal length once more, before the nights get longer and the days...

Two Summer Salads – Virgin Mojito Cucumbers and Roast Fennel with Beetroot

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 3, 2018 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Summer, The Creative Kitchen

The vegetable gardens are filling up with gorgeous summer abundance, almost every day it seems we are welcoming back another seasonal delight. Yesterday I made supper for over 50 people using delicious freshly harvested vegetables, fruit and herbs grown by Charles at...

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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.