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...
January update
It’s month since Christmas, hasn’t that flown by?! I’ve been busy getting ready for new sowings in February: most of the seeds have been ordered, I have my seed potatoes, onions and shallot sets, potting compost is ready and I have almost finished...
The surprising abundance of January!
A recent discussion on Twitter about homegrown harvests in January, has inspired me to write a blog about all of the lovely homegrown veggies I am cooking in my kitchen. January may be a long, dark cold month but there’s still a lot of homegrown deliciousness....
Last blog of 2019
It’s the last day of 2019 …. didn’t that pass quickly? I’m sure there are things on my “to do” list from February that I’m still meaning to get round to! I hope you all had a lovely festive time. I’ve mostly been at...
November update from my no dig garden
November has been a month of contrasts so far: sparkling frosts, glorious sunrises and rather a lot of rain. It has been pouring down here all day. This is Homeacres a few days ago at 7:20 am, what a treat to observe this sky! I love frosty mornings, it’s such a...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.
Publications I write for include:
