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Stephanie Hafferty

@stephaniehafferty.bsky.social
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🌟New Book published in March 🌟 The Productive Garden: An essential guide towards self-sufficiency Info here: tinyurl.com/3yjjhduj MCI Hort Award winning garden & food writer, author, speaker Homesteader & organic permaculture gardener

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is the largest bush tomato plant here! It’s likely to be Orangeto a blight resistant orange F1 hybrid. Whatever it is, it’s happy there. I’m growing over 70 varieties of tomato here, mostly heritage/open pollinated plus a few F1s for specific qualities such as blight resistance.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🌱 What to sow in August. Here’s my regular monthly list of some of the edibles you can sow now. Any questions? Ask in the comments ⬇️ ☀️There’s no rush. If your garden is frazzled and you’re about to go on holiday, wait until you’re back 🏖️
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Learn how to make an easy no dig herb garden bed in this informative video by Liz Zorab www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hkG...
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EASY No Dig Herb Garden Bed | Permaculture and Food Security
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Limited time special offer! The Productive Garden is on offer at only £16.55 for a limited time on Amazon. RRP £25 So if you were thinking of buying a copy, this is a really good deal amzn.to/4aJ261y
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Delighted to have been invited on the Loving Your Garden podcast. Lots of gardening chat and plenty of laughs too. Listen to it here: www.buzzsprout.com/1904093/epis...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
New blog - life recently here at my homestead in Wales, and some of the projects and events coming up this summer nodighome.com/2026/06/07/m...
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May and early June - Stephanie Hafferty
An update of what has been happening here in May and June, and some of the projects and events coming up this summer
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The second part of my growing and using herbs article is on the Dalefoot blog. Packed with seasonal advice, you can read it here: www.dalefootcomposts.co.uk/featured-new...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What to sow in June 🌱 Here's my regular monthly list of some of the many edibles you can sow this month, to grow more food.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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...
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5 Simple Herbal Remedy Recipes
A collection of simple herbal remedies that you can make with homegrown plants and herbs. Each is useful for treating minor cuts, burns, scrapes, and wounds.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New blog on my website, from a productive edible garden in Wales nodighome.com/2026/05/05/n...
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News from my homestead - Stephanie Hafferty
Spring update from my small sustainable homestead in rural Wales where I grow food year round on a beautiful hillside
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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...
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Sustainable Gardening Talk at the Reading the Wild Literature Festival - Stephanie Hafferty
Stephanie Hafferty is giving a sustainable gardening and homesteading skills talk at the Reading The Wild Literature Festival on May 9th
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Male and female orange tip butterflies, making the most of this gorgeous weather in the garden
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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! 🌱
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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...
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#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
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@PeatlandCymru @peatlandcymru.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
“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...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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 👇
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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...
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Issue 36 February 2026
February has arrived and it seems the rain is back, I wonder if we’re in store for another wet year? But that wont stop us gardeners, head into this months magazine and be inspired to start growing.
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Kitchen Garden Magazine @growwithkg.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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. 🌱
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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!
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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...
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January update from the homestead - Stephanie Hafferty
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 […]
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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.
snow scene of a cottage and garden
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I'm thoroughly enjoying the beautiful snowy weather here today, but it did rather confuse my ducks!
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Snowfall in the night has transformed the cottage and garden ❄️ I took these photos before dawn. It's snowing again.
photographs of a snowy cottage and garden taken before dawn
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Kitchen Garden Magazine @growwithkg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Another of the wonderful contributors to Kitchen Garden Magazine, Stephanie Hafferty 🫶🌱 #kitchengarden #growing #growyourown #gardening #plot #allotment #growyourownfood #allotmentsuk #homegrown #garden #gardenlove #gardeninspiration
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
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.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
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...
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Happy New Year Live! 🎆 London Fireworks 2026 🔴 BBC
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
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.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
🎂 Happy Birthday to Me! 🎁 Here with my Dad and cousins Vincent and Steven, in Bradford.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Yuletide felicitations 🎄 I expect knowing which Christmas special that comes from might be an age thing!!
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
New post on my blog - an update from the garden here in west Wales. nodighome.com/2025/12/05/d...
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December update from my Welsh homestead - Stephanie Hafferty
A December update from my Welsh homestead – what’s been happening in the garden, and plans for the wintertime! There’ll be a newsy “what’s been happening other than gardening” update […]
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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...
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The November issue of Kitchen Garden Magazine is in the shops now - and look who is on the cover! What a lovely surprise.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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.
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🍂 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 🌱
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
🌿 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
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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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.
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