The Self-Sufficiency Garden by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper is a #1 Sunday Times Bestseller and a how-to blueprint for saving money by growing your own food.
What is this?
A practical guide written by permaculture enthusiast Huw Richards and ex-chef turned gardener and fermenter Sam Cooper. Based on their experience of trialling self-sufficiency within a 10×12.5m plot – this book hands down their findings and recommendations for doing the same.
Who is this for?
Anyone with a relatively small plot or allotment space seeking to grow a vegetable garden for self-sufficient living.
What you’ll get?
A well-organised approach for creating the garden space, orientation and productivity to sustain a self-sufficient lifestyle using a small garden plot.
Here are the main points:
- How to organise your growing spaces inc. beds and polytunnels
- Monthly planting plans for a variety of produce
- Kitchen tips for prep, storage and preservation
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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.
Outline:
- Raised beds
- Hot beds
- Polytunnels
- Potting bench and tool storage
- Watering station
- Boundaries and vertical growing
- Homemade compost
- Monthly sowing and growing plans
- First season harvests
- Second season
- Flavour
- Salads
- Soups
- Curries
- Condiments
- Easy pastry
- No-knead focaccia
- One-tray bakes
- Preserves
- Fermentation
- Drinks
- Foraged food
- Sowing
- Transplanting
- Watering
- Minimal disturbance gardening
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Try keeping a few backyard hens the easy way with Eglu Go Chicken Coop.
The Smallholdings Team.
