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Stephanie Hafferty
No Dig Gardening and Homesteading
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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
January update from the homestead
Somehow, it is the middle of the month already, so I thought it was time to share a January update from the homestead. Although we're barely more than two weeks into 2026, a lot has been happening here. Snow, new garden plans, first seeds and .... My New Book The...
Use It Up-uary
You've heard of Dry January and Veganuary - we're doing Use It Up-uary. Use It Up-uary Instead of taking things up, or giving them up, we’re doing “Use It Up-uary”. This extends through January and February for us, but you can do it at any time. A New Year, A New...
The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden book review
The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden: How to Grow Food in a Changing Climate by Kim Stoddart 2025 has been an ‘interesting’ year, weather wise, here in the UK. Heavy rains caused severe flooding, much of the country experienced drought with hosepipe...
Book Review – A Wilder Way by Poppy Okotcha
A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us by Poppy Okotcha Illustrated by Frances Whitfield This beautiful, inspiring book is a personal memoir of a year in a Devonshire garden. A Wilder Way is a seasonal gardening manual, a homegrown recipe book and a joyful...
December newsy update
I thought it was about time to write a newsy update from the homestead. Yesterday I wrote a "what's been happening in the garden" December blog which you can read here. Today's blog is all about "what's been happening here, other than gardening". A Newsy Update It has...
December update from my Welsh homestead
A December update from my Welsh homestead - what's been happening in the garden, and plans for the wintertime! There's a newsy "what's been happening other than gardening" update here. "Oh the weather outside is frightful...." goes the well known festive song, but I...