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The Self-Sufficiency Garden

Feed Your Family and Save Money: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Hardcover
$21.99 US
7"W x 8.81"H x 0.94"D   | 24 oz | 20 per carton
On sale May 14, 2024 | 224 Pages | 9780744092394

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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 very own self-sufficiency garden in a 10x12.5m plot and now they've worked out the perfect formula. Grow five portions of nutritious veg a day for four people following their month-by-month growing plan, which is realistic and flexible with cost, space, and time in mind.

- Learn about Huw and Sam'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.
Huw Richards is a permaculturalist and digital creator based in mid-west Wales. Aged 12, he created his own YouTube channel about growing your own food. He now has over 900,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos have collectively been viewed over 100 million times. Huw sets out to make growing your own food as accessible as possible. He has already authored several books with DK: Sunday Times bestseller The Self-Sufficiency Garden (2024), Veg in One Bed (2019), Grow Food For Free (2020), The Vegetable Grower's Handbook (2022), The Permaculture Garden (2025), and How to Grow Food (2026). View titles by Huw Richards
Sam Cooper is a professional chef but has since left the kitchens for the garden, now working full-time with Huw Richards as a co-director for Regenerative Media. His fascination with seasonal and homegrown produce has grown along with his Instagram – @chef.sam.black has amassed 600K followers – where he posts delicious ferment recipes using homegrown produce. Sam wrote the In the Kitchen chapter of The Self-Sufficiency Garden (March 2024) and The Fermentation Kitchen (November 2024). He is also a photographer and illustrator. View titles by Sam Cooper

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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 very own self-sufficiency garden in a 10x12.5m plot and now they've worked out the perfect formula. Grow five portions of nutritious veg a day for four people following their month-by-month growing plan, which is realistic and flexible with cost, space, and time in mind.

- Learn about Huw and Sam'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.

Author

Huw Richards is a permaculturalist and digital creator based in mid-west Wales. Aged 12, he created his own YouTube channel about growing your own food. He now has over 900,000 YouTube subscribers and his videos have collectively been viewed over 100 million times. Huw sets out to make growing your own food as accessible as possible. He has already authored several books with DK: Sunday Times bestseller The Self-Sufficiency Garden (2024), Veg in One Bed (2019), Grow Food For Free (2020), The Vegetable Grower's Handbook (2022), The Permaculture Garden (2025), and How to Grow Food (2026). View titles by Huw Richards
Sam Cooper is a professional chef but has since left the kitchens for the garden, now working full-time with Huw Richards as a co-director for Regenerative Media. His fascination with seasonal and homegrown produce has grown along with his Instagram – @chef.sam.black has amassed 600K followers – where he posts delicious ferment recipes using homegrown produce. Sam wrote the In the Kitchen chapter of The Self-Sufficiency Garden (March 2024) and The Fermentation Kitchen (November 2024). He is also a photographer and illustrator. View titles by Sam Cooper

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