phwoarker 's review for:

The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed Your Family and Save Money by Sam Cooper, Huw Richards

2.5

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I love Huw's YouTube channel and his amazing self sufficiency garden. But ultimately I think this content is better suited to a video format. The book is incredibly prescriptive - explaining very specifically what must be planted, where and when. It's much more helpful to have an overview of what can be achieved, when to sow things, how to incorporate elements of permaculture, etc, than to be given a guide on how to precisely recreate someone else's garden. After all, you can't really recreate anyone else's garden - yours will have different aspect, soil, sunlight, etc - and that's part of the beauty of gardening. 

I also noticed a few typos. Overall, not my favourite.