How to Make a Spicy Multipurpose Cleaner
This fragrant, spicy versatile cleaning vinegar smells fantastic and cleans powerfully.I’ve been using a lot of lemons and other citrus fruits in my cooking recently. Often I use the zest in cooking too, but sometimes it’s just the juice that I need,...
New allotment plan and other experiments.
Every year I mulch my no dig allotment with an inch or two of composted manure or homemade compost, but this year I am trying something different! This was my allotment in the winter of 2017, Charles and I mulching with some beautiful local manure. The load cost me...
Sowing aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers for summer and autumn harvests
I absolutely love growing aubergines. Incredibly versatile for so many different recipes, I love all of the different colours and shapes, how some are seriously spiky and of course the delicious taste. In the UK, aubergines, chillies and sweet peppers take a very long...
Getting ready for sowing!
I am really looking forward to getting into to the swing of spring sowing, but as this morning’s weather demonstrated in no uncertain terms, it is still very much winter! This is part of the garden at Homeacres. The two beds with wooden sides are the dig/no dig...
Making a no dig bed on frozen grassy ground
In the bleak mid-winter, frost made the earth stand hard as iron, water like a stone. No problem for no dig gardeners – we decided to make another bed at Homeacres! (We didn’t get the snow mentioned in Christina Rossetti’s poem here in Somerset, just...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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