Self-Sufficiency Garden

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 trialling their very own self-sufficiency garden in a 10x12.5m 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.

• Learn about Huw's self-sufficiency ethos, goals and approaches
• Create your garden and learn how to build all the growing spaces you will need, such as hot beds and polytunnels
• Follow month-by-month planting plans with guidance on key tasks throughout the year
• Discover useful kitchen tips meal prep, storage, and preserving ideas along with base recipes so you can make the most of your crops

Follow Huw and Sam's tried-and-tested methods and save money while enjoying homegrown food all year.

Auteur

Huw Richards is a permaculturalist, digital creator, and co-director for Regenerative Media. His vegetable gardening YouTube channel has over 750K subscribers and has authored 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, fermenter, photographer and co-director for Regenerative Media. He has a following of 500K+ as @chef.sam.black on Instagram. He creates videos, courses, and develops recipes. The Nature of Food (2022) is his first book.