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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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My friend Sara Venn
My wonderful friend Sara Venn sadly died on Saturday 21st June, after a long illness with cancer. She was well known, loved and respected in the world of gardening and horticulture as an activist, especially for her work promoting community gardening at Edible...
Growing Year Round Day Course at the Hafod Estate
Learn how to grow your own food year round on this day course at the beautiful Hafod Estate in Ceredigion, on August 3rd 2025. 10am to 4pm August is a key time for sowing many food crops which will provide harvests throughout the winter and into the following spring....
How to support small businesses for free
How to support small businesses for free - and also some ways to support small businesses for a little money. It is important to support small businesses - we need them! The ever increasing cost of living if affecting most of us these days. It is a difficult time for...
Read more“Plants are the source of the air we breathe and most of the food we eat, yet we often do not pay enough attention to keeping them healthy. This can have devastating results. FAO estimates that up to 40 percent of food crops are lost to plant pests and diseases annually.”
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
National Plant Health Week
What is National Plant Health Week? National Plant Health Week is a week every year which focuses on raising public awareness of how to keep our plants healthy. This year, the focus is on celebrating the importance of being a good plant health citizen, appreciating...
Grow a New Garden – book review
Grow a New Garden by Becky Searle is a fantastic guide for anyone wanting to create a vibrant, healthy garden, whatever size space. Becky, a qualified ecologist and experienced gardener and garden writer, has moved many times and each time has created a thriving...
ASA 20 Cordless Secateurs by Stihl review
Stihl ASA 20 cordless secateurs are designed for both professional and amateur use in the garden. How would they perform being put through there paces here on a Welsh hillside? I have a lot of fruit trees, ornamental shrubs and other woody plants, and use secateurs...