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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 · 01/08/2026

Brassicas as you know are a superb crop for over-wintering in the UK. I really would not want to put anyone off growing such a versatile nutritious veg family. For sure best not to grow them in the same spot year on year. I should think we're all doing the best we can to grow food in our plots

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Sadly slugs like these. I've had snails suck the juice out of onions like vampires! Key thing is to see where they are living, reduce potential slug habitat where you're growing veg & encourage predators such as black beetles

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It's just a list of what can be sown now, Tony. I am trying to be helpful, explaining what can be grown in the UK from sowings in August. Loads of people have lost their veggies due to the heat wave, there is a cost of living crisis, food prices are set to rise again this autumn I'm not a scientist!

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Unlikely to affect one's nutrient content as much as not growing and eating them though... If it worries you, don't do it then. Today I am planting out more brassicas, and will be interplanting them too. I don't buy supplements. Can't afford them even if I wanted to!

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I am working Tony, I don't have the time to research where the scientific papers might be. The life of a freelancer who has to single handedly pay all of the bills, during a time when prices are increasing and wages stagnant = almost never having a weekend! But will ask son when he is next here

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I would need to have peer reviewed docs explaining this - which I would then send to my son who is doing a PhD in mycology for clarification. Observing how plants have grown in plots for many years, I haven't seen any detrimental consequences of growing brassicas, including intercropping.

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🧅 Autumn sown onions are best sown around 18th August (weather, holidays, work permitting) 🐛 Protect new sowings of brassicas from caterpillars

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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

YouTube video by Liz Zorab Gardening

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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 · 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

I warmly recommend Tanya's informative website, and her social media, which is packed with seasonal natural recipes and remedies, gorgeous soap making, her gorgeous garden, and more.

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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

Learn how to work in harmony with nature (yes, even slugs!) More info and to book tickets www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/public-event...

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Stephanie Hafferty: Biodiverse gardening for natural resilience and pest control

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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 · 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

Thank you but he's away on Bute on a field trip. He's a researcher on a PhD in mycorrhizae, but I've sent him the link and he plans to visit the exhibition. I had a look on the website, Charlotte's work is fab

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'll let my son know - he studying at Stirling Uni

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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

The village hall is easy to find, located in the centre of the village on the B4343 from Lampeter. More info about the location here: lampeter21.co.uk/organisation...

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Llanfair Clydogau Village Hall - Lampeter21

Village Hall for the community of Llanfair Clydogau in Ceredigion. Hosts regular and ad hoc community events.

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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 · 03/02/2026

Thank you, I do enjoy writing by hand. I think PNW has colder winters & warmer, drier summers but it's such a huge area that I expect it varies quite a bit!

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

There is no rush, and most people don't have the warm, frost free, and light under cover space to keep faster growing plants healthy until May (or even later for those further north).

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

in particular how you can keep more tender plants (ie: not frost hardy) warm and healthy until later on in the spring. The last frost date where I live is in May, even inside the polytunnels! Try not to get swept along by social media "grow alongs"....

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Stephanie Hafferty @stephaniehafferty.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Around the middle of the month, daylight passes 10 hours a day, and gradually increases every day until the summer solstice in June. This is ideal for growing healthy seedlings and plants. Keep an eye on the weather forecasts where you live, and consider what growing facilities you have.

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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

and winter. Today I am prepping more undercover growing space for the seeds I'll be sowing in February, and pricking out the seeds that I've already sown

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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 · 07/01/2026

I use emojis sometimes for lists in captions for Insta - definitely me and not AI.

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