The Self-Sufficiency Garden:Feed Your Family and Save Money:The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

by: Huw Richards(Author),Sam Cooper(Author)

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Publication Date: 14 May 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 224 pages

ISBN-10: 0744092396

ISBN-13: 9780744092394

Book Description

Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency.Huw Richards and Sam Cooper have spent the past two years planning and trialing their self-sufficiency garden in a 10x13m plot, and now they've worked out the perfect formula. Grow six portions of nutritious veg a day per person following their month-by-month growing plan, which is realistic and flexible with cost, space, and time in mind. Follow this carefully curated year-round growing plan to yield six portions of veg per person per day, plus batching and preserving recipes! Whether you are looking for cost-effective ways to put food on the table and feed your family, a fan of Huw's YouTube videos and would like to try out the recipes for yourself or a gardener who would like some guidance on how to grow your own food, this book will be great for you. With this gardening book, you will be able to:-Lea about Huw's self-sufficiency ethos, goals, and approaches to growing food -Create your garden and lea how to build all the growing spaces you will need, such as hotbeds and polytunnels -Follow month-by-month planting plans with guidance on key tasks throughout the year and different seasons-Perfect your growing skills with sowing, weeding, watering, and composting. -Discover useful kitchen tips for meal prep, storage, and preserving ideas along with base recipes so you can make the most of your crops. -Find recipes for delicious dishes including soup, curry, tray bakes and salads + dressings Follow Huw Richards and SamCooper's tried-and-tested methods and save money while enjoying homegrown food all year. If you are interested in leaing more or want more books by Huw Richards, check out these titles:Veg in One Bed, Grow Food For Free, and The Vegetable Grower's Handbook.

About the Author

About the Author Huw Richards documents his garden on YouTube--his most popular videos have more than 4 million--and is co-director of Regenerative Media. He has written three books with DK:Veg in One Bed (2019), Grow Food For Free (2020), and The Vegetable Grower's Handbook (2022). Sam Cooper is a chef, photographer, and co-director for Regenerative Media. He creates courses for Abundance Academy and writes recipes for The Farmer & Chef blog. The Nature of Food (2022) is his first book.