Winter update from my homestead

Find out what I'm doing in my no dig garden in early March, and why I haven't posted videos for a few weeks.
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Grow Year Round No Dig Gardening Courses here at my half acre homestead in rural Wales
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My books:
No Dig Organic Home and Garden (co-authored with Charles Dowding) winner Garden Media Guild Awards Practical Gardening Book of the Year
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The Creative Kitchen plant based recipes using seasonal ingredients you can (almost!) entirely grow in your garden/allotment
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My website: nodighome.com
Regular blogs: nodighome.com/...
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I am an experienced no dig kitchen gardener and garden and food writer, teaching how to grow food year round and what you can do with it when it has grown! I have been growing my own veg for over 30 years from pots in a tiny courtyard in Yorkshire to just under 1/2 acre in Wales, and using no dig methods for over 14 years. I’ve created and run no dig gardens for private estates, restaurants and other public venues, and worked in market gardens (on and off) for 12 years. In 2021 I project managed and designed the RHS No Dig Allotment Demonstration Garden at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.

[@maristermcsorley4203]

Glad to see you again Steph and happy that you had a great relaxing time; love the update 😊

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thanks Marister

[@Brenda-xc7sq]

Lots to do, lots to enjoy.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Oh yes! Weather is terrible now though so I am having to do indoor jobs

[@adysveggarden]

Hello Stephanie, you sound fully recharged, with the back drop of all the veg growing successfully while you have been away.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thanks Ady, it was a much needed break and now I am recharged

[@francesbatycki404]

Great to have you back! 🇨🇦❤️👍🇨🇦❤️. You mention extended cold weather. I think you’re spot on in your diction. Here, we can have what we call mild winters but we still can’t overwinter what uk gardeners overwinter. The issue is that when we go to sub zero temps, we pretty much stay there for three months. BC Canada.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thanks Frances. That period of deep cold is very unusual for the UK. I am hoping that it is a one-off and not an annual occurrence but of course we can't possibly know - and so I will be covering all based next winter!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Lovely to see a new video, and so glad you enjoyed Thailand! A well earned rest before the growing season starts. Looking forward to all the new videos. Keep warm!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you Jenny. I am looking forward to making more videos, once the weather has sorted itself out!

[@fromanjeesgarden]

Absolutely love the pitch fork! Lovely update! Happy belated birthday to your Dad!

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

It really is too nice to use! But I will be :-)

[@AmirsAllotment]

Great to see you back 😊🌱

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you Amir

[@zootiesue]

Enjoyed the update

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you so much

[@plot1895]

Super!

[@PricklePoppy]

Glad to see you back home. It must have been wonderful in Thailand but shocking temperature change on your return.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Oh my goodness yes, it was so freezing

[@DaisyDebs]

🌿💚

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

🌼

[@from_plot_to_plate_no_dig]

I think you have done amazing since you came back … if you need a hand give me a shout

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Thank you - are you in this location then? "Valleys" is quite a large area!

[@from_plot_to_plate_no_dig]

@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading hi Steph I am about 1 and half hours from you but I don’t mind taking a trip to you when you need help … would love to see your garden in the flesh … I can help with cleaning tunnel and moving compost or wood chip etc

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

@@from_plot_to_plate_no_dig That's really kind of you. Thanks for the offer and best to contact me via my website please 🙂

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Hi Stephanie, how do we find out that these things are on as with the Carmarthen 'do'? I've only just found out that Lampeter has a seed Library.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Joining the local Facebook pages helps. I usually put the ones I am involved with on social media and my website too. The next seed library is in Lampeter this Saturday, that's a good place to find out more local things and also pop in your diary that the Cymru Permaculture festival is near Lampeter 1-3 September. The info isn't published yet, but I am one of the speakers and also helping organise the event.

[@Pixieworksstudio]

@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading That's great, thanks ever so much!

[@rubygray7749]

I do love to see a woman with a pitchfork! I have 3.

[@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading]

Oooo three #pitchforkgoals

[@rubygray7749]

@@stephaniehaffertyhomesteading
They are a superbly designed tool, at least the old ones are. They make light work of many tasks. I've turned and carted in several tons of hay in a season with a pitchfork, plus used it to feed that hay out in winter.
This week I used a pitchfork to shift about 10 cubic metres of wood chips that some jokers had dumped in my gateway!!