Courgette Zucchini Double Chocolate Muffin Recipe
Courgette / Zucchini Double Chocolate Muffins Feeling overwhelmed by courgettes? Tired of finding ways to hide zucchini in your meals? It’s time to make these delicious chocolate muffins!These moist, flavoursome and chocolatey muffins are a delicious way to use...
Quick squash hummus recipe
This colourful and delicious plant based recipe is sure to please. My roasted squash and tomato hummus recipe is easy enough to make for every day meals and richly tasty enough for special occasions. It makes a gorgeous addition to festive buffets, and served with...
Mangelwurzel wine recipe
Happy Hallowe’en! To celebrate Samhain, I am sharing the recipe I use to make Mangelwurzel Wine, which may seem strange on a day we associate more with pumpkin recipes. Did you know that mangelwurzels were used to make lanterns in parts of the UK long before...
Podcast with Roots and All
Sarah Wilson from award winning Roots and All interviewed me recently for a podcast. Listen to it here: Â Â Growing Food with Stephanie Hafferty It’s also available on iTunes and Android. What We Discuss: Avoiding bolting crops The best way to pick leafy crops to...
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...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.
Publications I write for include:
