In this super practical companion for all kitchen gardeners, each crop has no-nonsense growing information on spacing, sowing, and harvesting accompanied by delicious and simple recipes for food made well.

Whether you’ve got containers on a balcony or acres of land, knowing how many plants can grow per square metre and the expected yield means you can easily work out how much food you can grow in your space. There are also suggestions for the best varieties to grow for resilience and flavour.

Recipes are easily adapted depending on how much you harvest and range from dishes to tuck into right away, such as a root vegetable tartiflette, to preserves to enjoy later, like a tomato sauce to add to pastas and stews.

So if you’re motivated by food and flavour, How to Grow Food has everything you need to grow, harvest, store, cook, and preserve the tastiest fresh produce.

-Create a thriving garden inspired by nature’s patterns that is better for the soil, local wildlife and your plants
-Design your space sustainably, factoring in climate, landshape, resources, energy and your goals so all elements work together in harmony
-Grow a diverse mix of plants together – from fruit trees to flowers and vegetables to herbs – for year-round harvests and a more resilient, ecological and attractive garden

Full of practical ideas and inspiration, The Permaculture Garden has all you need to know to create and maintain a well-designed and flourishing garden. Explanatory illustrations make key permaculture design concepts easy to understand, while detailed photography demonstrates real-life examples from Huw’s garden. Dive into comprehensive growing instructions for more than 130 perennial and annual crops – the ultimate guide on what and how to grow in your own space for the best results.

Huw Richards and Sam Cooper have spent the past two years planning and trialling their very own self-sufficiency garden in a 10×12.5m 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.

Get your gardening gloves on, as best-selling author Huw Richards takes you on a green-fingered journey to be an undefeated veg-grower!

A recent study suggests 38% of British adults use their gardens to grow herbs and vegetables. But with the ever-growing pressure of balancing family life with a career, a lot of today’s green-fingered gardeners simply lack time for vegetable growing.

Huw is on a mission to change that!

Whatever your horticultural hopes may be, Huw Richards brings you a veg-growing guide that is sure to shape the next generation of green-fingered gardeners like never before, full of top tips on smart gardening, without compromising on time, effort or money.

With passion in every page, you can enjoy:

-Tons of tips and tricks to maximise efficiency of your vegetable gardens
-Skillful and solid information to disparage the common myth that gardening requires too much time and effort
-Easy to follow step-by-step instructions of fundamental gardening techniques
-Visual representations of Huw’s innovative ideas to easily apply to your own vegetable garden

After the immeasurable success of his first two gardening books ‘Veg in One Bed’ and ‘Grow Food for Free’, Huw brings you a riveting third release, full of simple yet effective strategies to leave you with a patch to be proud of!

By applying a strategic approach to your veggie patch, from choosing the right compost to using the correct cultivation tools, Huw assures that even the most hapless of gardeners can unearth the endless potential that all gardens possess, no matter the shape or size!

Why not stand out from the crowd with this fully-illustrated veggie handbook, and start your intuitive gardening journey today to reap the benefits of a more bountiful harvest.

An ideal gift for the green-fingered gardener or budding botanist in your life!

With over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube, Huw Richards is keen to share his 17 years’ experience on maximising productivity of vegetable patches, so get those gloves on, and join the journey today!

Ready, set, let’s grow!

“Huw Richards is the future of gardening” (The Guardian)

“This beautifully illustrated book teaches you what to do month-by month in order to have success in the garden“(The Sun)

“Ideal for new allotmenteers and gardeners starting to dabble in growing their own crops” (The English Garden)

In just one raised bed, greenfingered wunderkind Huw Richards shows you how to grow vegetables, organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year.

Grow your own vegetable garden with this practical, straightforward gardening guide.

There is nothing more fulfilling than growing your own home produce. You don’t have to be a seasoned gardener to produce a healthy, flourishing garden – all you need is a few seeds, water, sunlight, good advice and patience!

In just one raised bed, author Huw Richards, shows you exactly how to grow vegetables organically, abundantly and inexpensively so you have something to harvest every month of the year. Here’s what you’ll find inside:

– A month-by-month guide showing you what to do and how to do it, including what pests to look out for, and what can be harvested
– Covers the first year in detail, with the final chapter on ‘Next Steps’ providing suggestions of what to do in years two and three
– Illustrations show you what the bed should look like from month to month
– Includes instructions on assessing your site and building a 1.2m x 3m raised bed
– Alternative vegetables are recommended, allowing readers to tailor their bed to their taste

Month by month, discover what you need to do and how to do it. Try becoming more self-sufficient in your allotment, a small garden, or even on a roof terrace. Veg In One Bed shows you that you can have a small thriving garden and still be able to maintain it, yielding fresh vegetables all year round. Learn what to do each month on your windowsill, where you’ll raise seedlings, and in your raised bed, where your plants will grow to maturity. Everything is explained in clear, illustrated steps: building your bed, growing from seed, planting, feeding, and harvesting.

This gardening book not only guides you through the whole process of building your raised bed through to harvesting your vegetables but also provides sustainable gardening practices, which will resonate with all gardeners committed to protecting our planet. This makes for the perfect book for new gardeners who want to grow their own produce, as well as the new generation of gardeners who are seeking a gardening guru of their own age.

Veg in One Bed goes beyond the inspiring demonstrations on his YouTube channel “Huw Richards – Grow Food Organically“. In this book he organises all his ideas and suggestions into a blueprint for growing your own vegetables month by month. Little growing experience? Only a small space? No matter – with Veg in One Bed, you can still eat food you have grown all through the year.