wildlife Archives - Stephanie Hafferty

Wildlife Gardening Course at the National Botanic Garden of Wales

by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 20, 2022

I am teaching two no dig gardening and two wildlife gardening courses at the fantastic National Botanic Garden of Wales in March and April 2022.Places are funded and cost £20 which includes admission to the amazing botanical gardens. Places are limited for each course...

Kale – Root to Shoot: leaves, flowers, sprouts and more!

by Stephanie Hafferty | Apr 5, 2019 | Allotment, Autumn, Blog, Gardening, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Recipes, Seasonal Cooking, Spring, Summer, The Creative Kitchen, Winter

Kale, a nutrient dense vegetable high in vitamins, is well known for its many health benefits. Easy to grow and winter hardy in the UK, it’s a fantastic plant for the hungry home gardener. Kale’s delicious leaves make a tasty addition to all kinds of meals...

Walking in a winter wonderland … in March… again!

by Stephanie Hafferty | Mar 18, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Gardening, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Winter

Every Monday I pour my morning coffee and plan my week. Last week was so busy with talks, writing, a course day on Saturday; there was little time for gardening at home, so I scheduled Sunday as a whole day of gardening at home. Lovely. I knew the weekend was going...

My polytunnel in early March

by Stephanie Hafferty | Mar 6, 2018 | Allotment, Blog, Homesteading, Kitchen garden, No Dig Gardening, No Hungry Gap, Organic, Permaculture, Polytunnel, Winter

Usually the end of February and early March heralds a dramatic increase of activity in the greenhouse – but the unusually cold weather means last week was more about snowing than sowing! We haven’t had a proper snow fall for some years so it was very...

Getting ready for sowing!

by Stephanie Hafferty | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Homesteading, No Dig Gardening, No Dig Home, No Dig Organic Home and Garden, Permaculture, Winter

I am really looking forward to getting into to the swing of spring sowing, but as this morning’s weather demonstrated in no uncertain terms, it is still very much winter! This is part of the garden at Homeacres. The two beds with wooden sides are the dig/no dig...