My new book “The Productive Garden: An essential guide towards self-sufficiency” is now available.
Stephanie Hafferty
No Dig Gardening and Homesteading
Welcome to my website, the home of wildlife friendly sustainable gardening, small scale self sufficiency, and homesteading.
About Me
I’m Stephanie Hafferty, an award-winning organic gardening and homesteading expert, writer, and speaker with over 30 years’ experience. I share sustainable, wildlife-friendly ways to grow food all year round, design beautiful edible gardens, and make the most of every harvest with seasonal recipes and practical, thrifty living skills.
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Latest Articles From My Blog
Mid-August Sowing and Growing
... and harvesting too! All of the hard work sowing, planting, watering and weeding has paid off and my garden and allotment is glowing with abundant fruit, herbs, flowers and vegetables. I can hardly keep up, what a lovely problem to have! After one of the hottest...
Podcast with Roots and All
Sarah Wilson from award winning Roots and All interviewed me recently for a podcast. Listen to it here: 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...
Midsummer no dig allotment and garden
It's early July in my no dig garden, and I am loving the daily fruity harvests of raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries and redcurrants. Whitecurrants are almost ready to pick and cherries soon too, protected from birds by enviromesh, pegged securely to...
Website revamp
I am so excited to be working with the fabulous Laura Hadland, revamping my website with a fresh new look. It's going to take a little while, so there'll be gradual changes and the odd page missing occasionally, because we are keeping the website live for the...
Podcast for Garden Organic
Really happy to be in the June podcast from Garden Organic . I was interviewed during one stormy evening back in February, we had such a fun time. How different the world was then! I hope you enjoy the podcast, the link is here. From Garden Organic's website: Join...
What is no dig (no till) gardening?
I have been gardening using no dig methods, or no till as it is also known, for around 12 years. I’ve worked in, created or advised many different kinds of edible growing spaces: market gardens, kitchen gardens on large private estates, pop up gardens for festivals,...