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...
Permaculture Calendar Review – Being of the Earth
Written by Poppy Okotcha and illustrated by Frances Whitfield, this beautiful calendar is ideal for anyone interested in sustainable living and ecological gardening. The calendar is more than just a place to write down appointments and keep a track of the days. It is...
Book Review: It Starts with Veg by Ceri Jones
It Starts with Veg is the first cook book by chef and food educator, Ceri Jones. The cheerful yellow cover, so easy to find on the bookshelf, invites the reader to discover 100 seasonal suppers and sides, in which vegetables are the stars. Focusing on 40 vegetables,...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:
