The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the seventeenth in the series, looking at late winter (or in fact, early spring as the weather suggested). Topics include: sowing, potting on, planting out, harvesting, grafting, seed swapping, traineeships and what gardeners do for fun.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: February 2025. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the sixteenth in the series, looking at late winter. Topics include: the first harvest of the year, sowing spring crops, pruning apple and pear trees, beekeeping, wildlife, veteran tree care and seed dating.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: January 2025. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the fifteenth in the series, looking at winter. Topics include: pricking out and potting on and planting out, maintenance i.e. lots of tidying and sorting, pruning of hazels and willows and soft fruit bushes, beekeeping, learning to plant trees, and wassailing festivities.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: December 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the fourteenth in the series, looking at late winter. Topics include: hibernation, harvesting, maintenance, Magic Pizza Day, Winter Solstice.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: November 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the thirteenth in the series, looking at early winter. Topics include: maintenance tasks, beekeeping, wildlife, not really harvesting anything, and staying motivated in winter.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: September 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the eleventh in the series, looking at tasks at the end of summer moving into autumn. Topics include: harvesting, sowing and planting out, maintenance, wildlife, and Apple Day.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: August 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. As this is part of the Food-Fibre-Fashion publication, there will be stories and musings to raise your awareness of how interconnected these systems are, even when we’re looking in small scale, such as an urban garden. This is the tenth in the series, looking at late summer tasks. Topics include: summer harvesting, maintenance tasks, pruning, tidying, gleaning apples and pears, wildlife and planting out.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: July 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. As this is part of the Food-Fibre-Fashion publication, there will be stories and musings to raise your awareness of how interconnected these systems are, even when we’re looking in small scale, such as an urban garden. This is the ninth in the series, looking at the steady flow of summer tasks. Topics include: harvesting, maintenance, pruning, tidying, planting out, beekeeping and wildlife. Listen to an episode each month reflecting on the previous month's activities. Follow ⁠@stephaniesteele.studio⁠ on Instagram where you'll find an accompanying reel. Read the accompanying article on Substack: ⁠https://foodfibrefashion.substack.com/⁠

Month in the life of an urban gardener: June 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the eighth in the series, looking at high summer tasks. Topics include: harvesting, pruning, maintenance, summer solstice, Groundswell festival, community scything, wildlife, and beekeeping.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: May. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the seventh in the series, looking at the tasks to do as summer gets fully underway. Topics include: sowing flax, harvesting, pruning, watering, beekeeping, maintenance, learning, and textile therapy.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: April 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. As this is part of the Food-Fibre-Fashion publication, there will be stories and musings to raise your awareness of how interconnected these systems are, even when we’re looking in small scale, such as an urban garden. This is the sixth in the series, looking at the tasks to do as summer arrives. Topics include: weaving and trauma (gardening isn't always fun), harvesting, sowing, wildlife, selling, weeding and maintenance, bees, and doggy daycare.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: March 2024. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the fifth in the series, looking at tasks at the start of Spring. Topics include: hiring trainees, sowing flowers, more maintenance tasks, growing and accidentally foraging mushrooms, cleaning bee hive equipment, pesky mice, emergency outdoor first aid training, and nature weaving.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: February. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the fourth in the series, looking at the activities of the kitchen garden, and myself - Stephanie Steele - as a food grower when it comes to late winter. Topics include: pruning, rain, mice, bees, foxes, mushrooms and amphibians.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: January. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the third in the series, so dives right in to the goings of a kitchen garden during winter, and what I myself - Stephanie Steele - as a food grower and as a human have been up to this month of January. Topics include: "wintering", pruning of apple/pear/mulberry/hazel/gooseberry/currant trees and bushes, developing a plant catalogue spreadsheet, herb stock auditing, office cleaning, equipment auditing and cleaning, and the wassail celebration.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: December 2023. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the second in the series, and looks at the goings on of myself - Stephanie Steele - as a food grower in this permaculture kitchen garden. It then explores the slower tasks of winter. Topics include: slowing down, mulching, making herb teas, sorting the wood store, lavender pruning, nurturing the bee hives, and a winter solstice celebration.

Month in the life of an urban gardener: November 2023. The tasks, problem solving, wildlife spots, learnings and reflections from an organic food grower in a North London kitchen garden. This is the first in the series, so starts with an introduction to the context of the kitchen garden, and myself - Stephanie Steele - as a food grower. It then explores the general autumn-winter tasks, various team tasks, what I did in November, and some wildlife spots. Topics include: winterising the bee hives, readying the frost tender herbs, sorting out sheds, cataloguing products, harvesting then finding storage room (and customers) for late summer crops, nurturing the various composts and soil amendment solutions, and fixing and tidying the no-dig beds and paths.