Refrigerator pickled cucumbers
A simple to make delicious recipe for quick pickled cucumbers, with mint and turmeric. I love cucumbers, they are so versatile, crisp and refreshing. Next week I have all my children home, and other family visiting too, so I have made some quick refrigerator pickles...
Two delicious infused liqueur recipes
Spiced Fruit Liqueur and Ginger and Orange Spiced Gin recipes – for festive cheer, they make delicious homemade gifts. These recipes use kitchen cupboard ingredients so you should be able to find all of the ingredients at home or in your local shops. Both are...
Elderflower Cordial Recipe
Make the most of elderflower season – a sweet versatile cordial with a heavenly fragrance. Elderflowers have been blooming here in Somerset for a few weeks now, and I have been making and preserving cordial for my family to enjoy all summer and beyond. We like...
Garden Day Homegrown Seasonal Lunch Recipes
What a lovely Garden Day we had. Here are the recipes for the lunch I made for the Virtual Garden Party today. Everything is plant based and seasonal, most things picked from my garden this morning. I also had a bottle of  rosé wine, which influenced the meal. If you...
Roast squash salad with paprika tahini dressing
A nourishing, flavourful salad, autumn on a plate! I used Uchiki Kuri squash for this – easy to grow, sweet, nutty and you can eat the skin – but any firm fleshed squash or pumpkin is fine. For this salad I used squash, leek and parsnip – it is...Stephanie Hafferty
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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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