The 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 spent two years planning and trialing their own self-sufficiency garden in a 10 by 12.5 meter plot, and now they have worked out the formula: grow five portions of nutritious veg a day for four people following a month-by-month plan that is realistic about cost, space, and time.

Learn their ethos and approach, build the growing spaces you need (hotbeds and polytunnels included), follow month-by-month planting plans, and pick up kitchen tips for meal prep, storage, and preserving along with base recipes to make the most of your crops.