by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 5, 2022 | Ael Y Bryn, Autumn, Blog, Courses, Events, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Preserving, What To Sow Now, Winter
Things are slowing down in the garden here at Ael Y Bryn, and the landscape view from my desk window is very autumnal. It’s pouring down. I’m waiting for the rain to stop so that I can harvest some greens, leeks and herbs to go with our dinner this evening...
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...
by Stephanie Hafferty | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, Summer
May: such a magical month in the garden. The growth is incredible and each day the garden reveals new delights! When the first strawberries ripen we know summer is on its way. It’s also a time of letting go of overwintered plants in the polytunnel to create...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 2, 2019 | Allotment, Blog, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Preparing The Soil, Spring
It’s spring and I am thinking of winter vegetables! Root vegetables are surprisingly easy to grow using no dig methods. Yesterday I sowed parsnips, carrots, radish, Hamburg parsley and scorzonera into a recently applied mulch of compost on top of my heavy clay...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Spring, The Creative Kitchen
The Queen visited “my” work kitchen garden yesterday, so I spent time on Wednesday making sure it was all weeded and spruced up. Ok, so perhaps the purpose of her visit to Bruton wasn’t to gaze upon my herbs and veggies but it’s not...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Nov 17, 2018 | Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, The Creative Kitchen
It has been a busy time since my last blog post and how the garden has changed! The weather has been typically British, from unseasonably warm to icy cold (for Somerset) and back again. Mornings are misty, deciduous trees almost entirely without leaves now and...