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Thai influenced golden raw summer vegetable salad

by Stephanie Hafferty | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Summer

This gorgeous bright seasonal salad is almost a meal in itself and can easily be adapted to include other summer vegetables in your garden (and winter root veg later in the year). It is a zingy, delicious, colourful way to use up gluts. I’m enjoying trying out...

A cornucopia of summer soft fruit … with recipes for homemade cassis and blackcurrant wine

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture, potions, Preserving, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Summer

Perennial fruit bushes play a key role in my garden, producing an abundance of delicious berries during summer months. These I preserve, to enjoy year round: jewel coloured jams, cordials, liqueurs, chutneys and other delicious additions to my homegrown larder. In my...

You Tube No Dig Interview

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture

On Monday 3rd July, I was interviewed by Jen Gale about my work, in particular about the ethical aspects of it. This was the first interview for her new series entitled “Meet the Changemaker”. All of these interviews will be uploaded so anyone can view for...

Horsetail potions

by Stephanie Hafferty | Jun 17, 2017 | Blog, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Organic, Permaculture, potions, Preparing The Soil

Some comfort perhaps for those who are dealing with horsetail in their gardens and allotments … at least it is useful! Last autumn I gathered armfuls of horsetail (also known as marestail, Equisetum arvense) from nearby wild spaces to dry in order to make a...

Why grow No Dig?

by Stephanie Hafferty | May 28, 2017 | Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, Organic, Permaculture, Preparing The Soil

My first real introduction to no dig gardening was when I started working in the market garden at Lower Farm nine years or so ago. I had heard of the no dig method and borrowed the book Organic Gardening, the Natural No Dig Way from the library but didn’t see it...

Clearing and planting

by Stephanie Hafferty | May 13, 2017 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, Summer

I’ve mostly been concentrating on my at home garden, so it was a real pleasure to be able to spend some time at my allotment, getting ready for everything that will be planted there over the next week or so. I’d let the brassicas go to flower for 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.