Tanya of Lovely Greens invited me to share some of my home apothecary recipes on her beautiful website. The recipes, which feature in my new book The Productive Garden, are here. Which will you try first? lovelygreens.com/5-simple-her...

I am looking forward to giving a talk at Trinity College, University of Oxford on Tuesday 26 May 🌱 Biodiverse gardening for natural resilience and pest control This talk will provide practical ideas for creating a productive garden using natural methods 1/3

New blog on my website, from a productive edible garden in Wales nodighome.com/2026/05/05/n...

Here’s my regular monthly What To Sow list 📋 including some of the edible plants you can sow now, to help you grow more food 🥶 Remember to keep your eye on your local forecasts. There’s still a chance of frosty nights in most of the UK. Keep crop protection handy for any tender plants.

Looking forward to speaking at Reading the Wild: Llandovery Literature Festival on Saturday May 9th. Find out more about the festival, including my talk, and how to book tickets in this blog: nodighome.com/2026/05/01/s...

Male and female orange tip butterflies, making the most of this gorgeous weather in the garden

It's publication day for my new book The Productive Garden: An essential guide towards self-sufficiency! I'm delighted to see the first reader review in an online bookstore (Waterstones sent the copies out a week ago) What a lovely start to book launch day! 🌱

The Productive Garden: An essential guide towards self-sufficiency is published in the US today (& UK on Thursday). The US publication is printed in American English. Find out more in my latest substack post, which includes an extract from the book stephaniehafferty.substack.com/p/the-produc...

#WythnosCompost #Di-Fawn Wyt ti’n dewis compost di-fawn? Diolch am warchod mawndiroedd y byd 💚 Ble bynnag fo’r mawndir, ei adael yn y tirlun a’i adfer yw’r flaenoriaeth, gan anelu am #NaturUwchCarbonIs. #CriwCompostio @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social #JaneDavidson @adamynyrardd.bsky.social #garddio

#CompostWeekUK #PeatFree Do you opt for peat-free compost? Thanks for protecting peatlands worldwide 💚 Peat is best left in the land and restored for #HighNatureLowCarbon. #CriwCompostio @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social #JaneDavidson @adamynyrardd.bsky.social #gardening @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social

Offer ends 23:59 tonight! Waterstones is offering 25% off RRP of The Productive Garden with discount code FEB26, but hurry because the offer ends tonight. Order your copy here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-pro...

“Learn everything you need to know about growing abundant and useful crops, and how to make the most of what you produce” in The Productive Garden. Pre-orders are open now in US, UK & worldwide - find out more here: nodighome.com/the-producti...

I'm giving a no dig gardening talk on 27th February at Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall, Ceredigion It starts at 7pm. Donations to the village hall on the door. There'll be plenty of time for questions after the talk, and I may even have some copies of The Productive Garden for sale! Directions 👇

Would you like to read an extract from my new book The Productive Garden? Read it here in the February edition of The Garden Folk mag (it is free to read, just follow the link). The book is published in March 2026 - I am so excited! issuu.com/gardenfolkma...

PINCHED! from the February issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine. Great multi-sowing advice from Stephanie Hafferty 🫶 #kitchengarden #growing #growyourown #gardening #plot #allotment #growyourownfood #allotmentsuk #homegrown #garden #gardenlove #gardeninspiration

What to Sow in February. A list of some of the things you can sow in February - but apart from aubergines, chillies and peppers, which take a long time to grow in the UK, everything on this list can wait until March. 🌱

Good morning 🌱 It's a beautiful day here in Wales, after yesterday's stormy weather & I am happy to be able to spend most of it in the garden - even if it is rather boggy! I grow year round here at my small homestead. Here are some of my seasonal harvests 1/4

Fancy a peek inside my new book The Productive Garden? 🌱 My publishers have shared this video showing inside the book. I think it looks beautiful 😍 What do you think? More details about The Productive Garden in the comments ⬇️ www.amazon.co.uk/Productive-G...

Blue Monday is not a real thing. It’s a complete fabrication designed to get us to spend money. Feeling down? Spend money. That’s really not a good thing to promote!

New blog post - an update from the homestead. Find out what's been happening here so far this year, and some of the plans for 2026 🌱 nodighome.com/2026/01/18/j...

Good morning from snowy Ceredigion. Freezing temperatures last night & more snow means the roads are very slippery, so I'll be staying home. Had to defrost the latch for the duck run with hot water! Making the most of this beautiful weather.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the beautiful snowy weather here today, but it did rather confuse my ducks!

Snowfall in the night has transformed the cottage and garden ❄️ I took these photos before dawn. It's snowing again.

Another of the wonderful contributors to Kitchen Garden Magazine, Stephanie Hafferty 🫶🌱 #kitchengarden #growing #growyourown #gardening #plot #allotment #growyourownfood #allotmentsuk #homegrown #garden #gardenlove #gardeninspiration

What to sow in January 🌱 Here's a list of seeds that can be sown now for cropping in 2026. The key things are that you can, but you don't have to (February will be fine) & 🍆🌶️🫑 need warmth to germinate & grow. I've got heat mats & grow lights. A warm windowsill will work too.

Happy New Year! Here's to a fantastic 2026. The London NYE fireworks display was fantastic. The message of optimism, tolerance, inclusivity, diversity and celebration of multiculturalism was an absolutely joyful start to the year. I watched it here on YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuzy...

Delighted to have been listed as one of the top 100 gardening influencers internationally, and in the UK 🌟 The full lists are available on Feedspot.

🎂 Happy Birthday to Me! 🎁 Here with my Dad and cousins Vincent and Steven, in Bradford.

Yuletide felicitations 🎄 I expect knowing which Christmas special that comes from might be an age thing!!

Happy winter solstice! It's a beautiful cold wintry day here, and I'll be spending most of it in the garden. Photo taken a couple of years ago at sunrise, on the hill where I live

New post on my blog - an update from the garden here in west Wales. nodighome.com/2025/12/05/d...

Learn how to grow a productive garden, harvesting year round, and the skills to preserve your produce on my gardening and homesteading skills courses in 2026🌱 🏡 Classes are held at my homestead in Wales, and also via webinars online. First dates are online now 🔗 in comments

Delighted to discover that my You Tube channel now has over 10,000 subscribers! It's a rather homespun channel, no fancy filming or team editing it for me, but I am glad so many people like it. www.youtube.com/@stephanieha...

After a 6 month break, I've posted 2 new videos on my You Tube channel. There'll be more gardening & homesteading content on the channel from now on. This one explains why I took a break www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ROy... & this is an update from the garden www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXC4...

The November issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine is in the shops now - and look who is on the cover! What a lovely surprise.

So excited - I’ve been shortlisted for Practical Journalist of the Year, at the prestigious Garden Media Guild Awards 2025 🤩 Results on November 21st! I’m a regular monthly feature writer for Kitchen Garden Magazine & Amateur Gardening Magazine, and write freelance for Gardeners’ World Mag & more.

Delighted to have been invited to speak at Trinity College Oxford on May 26th 2026, as part of their Gardens Season. Do come along! Link for tickets in comments.

What to sow in October 🌱 A list of some of the edibles you can sow now, undercover in polytunnels etc & also outside. Outdoor sowings will benefit from crop protection if the weather is cold, stormy, very wet

🍂 Homestead harvests - late September 🥙 Some of the fruit, veg & herbs growing here on my plot on a hill in west Wales. Some outside, others such as the watermelon and aubergines in polytunnels. Sloes foraged down my lane. Food for dinners this week & preserving for meals throughout the winter 🌱

Looking forward to attending the All Things Fungi festival this weekend, in Sussex. I'm thrilled to be part of a superb line up of speakers at the event, including Merlin Sheldrake. There's also music, art, fungi forays, workshops and much more. www.allthingsfungi.co.uk 1/2

🌿 New on the Dalefoot blog 🌿 The second permaculture ethic: People Care. From joyful moments of self-care to inspiring ways of supporting our neighbours and communities, I share practical tips and reflections on how we can all live more connected, caring lives. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4nujuzmh

Looking forward to hosting workshops here at the homestead in September & October, and travelling to some fantastic shows to give talks and run workshops and demos! If you are attending BBC Gardeners' World Autumn Fair, All Things Fungi or Harrogate Autumn Flower Show do come and say hello.

Read my seasonal Jobs for the Month in the latest issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine! In the shops now

A blog about my friend Sara, who died on June 21st. Some thoughts about her, and our friendship. nodighome.com/2025/07/13/m...

Breakfast this morning - I fancied a treat and we have so many raspberries just now. Homemade waffles including our duck eggs, fresh homegrown raspberries and 🍁 maple syrup. Yum. What do you like to put on waffles?

My son Ruairi (pictured), a mycologist, was part of this exciting study into how air pollution affects life below the soil. Learn more in the post ⬇️

Having realised that the pixies do not come at night to do the housework, and with a long list of writing and editing work to do today as well as the chores, I decided to make a hearty breakfast. 🥚The ducks are laying with enthusiasm so this was made with recycled slugs!!🦆 1/

A new post on my blog. After discussing these issues with friends who run small businesses, I decided to write about how we can help support small businesses without spending any money (+ few cheap ways to support too). If I've missed anything out, please let me know nodighome.com/2025/06/07/h...

I've started a newsletter on Substack - this is my very first post so it's an introduction to me, something about what I do and what the newsletter will be about. There'll be regular posts, and it would be lovely if you'd like to subscribe open.substack.com/pub/stephani...

Looking forward to attending mycologist Max Mudie's talk at Crai Village Hall on June 9th. Tickets on the door - only £3 Max is the co-founder of the All Things Fungi Festival: www.allthingsfungi.co.uk