by Stephanie Hafferty | Sep 14, 2018 | Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Summer, The Creative Kitchen
As summer mellows into autumn, the allotment and garden is full of ripening vegetables and fruit. Mornings are much colder now, it’s something of a shock after our much hotter than usual summer: we started picking salad at Homeacres this morning at 6:30 (the day...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jul 24, 2018 | Blog, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking
It’s that time of year again, the days of delighting in the first few courgettes have transformed into a bewilderment of abundance. As fast as I pick them, more are growing – it’s wonderful. Courgettes are finding their way into as many meals as possible. I’m...
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...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Jun 15, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, potions, Preserving, Recipes, Summer
The hedgerows are filled with creamy elderflowers. It’s time to forage! Â Choose elderflower heads that are in full blossom and at their most fragrant to make delicious drinks, skin care and preserves. I’ve been busy in the kitchen making elderflower...
by Stephanie Hafferty | May 24, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, Mulching, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Preparing The Soil, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking
May is always a busy month for gardeners and it feels even more so this year here – is that the same for you? After such a long, slow cool spring, all at once the sun has remembered to shine, the temperatures have soared and everything is putting on fantastic...
by Stephanie Hafferty | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking
Michael Perry, aka Mr Plant Geek, saw some photographs of the seasonal, plant based food I make on Twitter and asked me to share some recipes on his website: here they are. I have selected recipes which make the most of fruit and vegetables currently available in the...