The Self-Sufficiency Garden - Huw Richards & Sam Cooper

Grow food all year round, eat well, and save money.

In a 10 x 12.5m plot – half the size of an allotment – you can grow enough vegetables to be self-sufficient. Huw Richards trialled his very own self-sufficiency garden, growing 7,250 portions in 10 months by spending an average of just 4 hours a week gardening. In this book, he shares his plan so you can follow it month by month.

Achievable and flexible, it can be easily adjusted to suit your time and space: start with just one raised bed or jump right into growing crops in hot beds, polytunnels, and more. Just one square metre of growing space yields 100 portions on average.

Once you start harvesting, what’s next? Sam Cooper shares his time-saving and zero-waste approach to cooking, including all the guidance you need on meal prep, flavours, and storage, with base recipes for soups, curries, pies, and more.

So what are you waiting for? Kickstart your self-sufficiency garden by following Huw and Sam’s simple plan.