The Self-Sufficient Garden

A Beginners Guide for Turning Your Garden into a Backyard Homestead and Growing Food at Home

By: Vespertine Publishing, Catherine Westwood

Narrated by: Jennifer Horne

What if I told you we would have to eat eight oranges today to get the same amount of vitamin C our grandparents received from just one orange? It’s time to take your nutrition into your own hands and start growing your own rich, colourful, and sustainable garden.

Fruit and vegetables are picked when slightly unripe, sprayed with chemicals, waxed, boxed, stacked on pallets, and kept in a cold store for up to 12 months. So when you think you’re eating healthily and buying "fresh" food, you are possibly buying fruit that was picked over a year ago. Additionally, overseas shipping causes air pollution, affecting the health of humans, animals, and the environment.

But what if there was a way to grow nutritious fruits and vegetables right from your own backyard garden and lessen your dependence on corporations? And what if it was surprisingly achievable.

In The Self-Sufficient Garden, you’ll learn:

• The process of planning a garden even if you don’t live in an ideal climate, don’t have enough space, or have no money to spare.
• Different types of gardening, and their pros and cons.
• The importance of soil science and why healthier soil creates healthier people.
• The little-known basics of gardening, how to maximize your yields, extend your growing season, and set up an irrigation system.
• Organic pest control techniques to keep your plants safe and grow healthier crops.
• How to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, and trees.
• The process of crop rotation and remineralization to further help the environment.
• How to start your own seeds, conserve natural resources, and make your own compost–all things that reduce your carbon footprint.

Plus much more.

Even if you’ve never made your hands dirty, don’t know how to hold a trowel, or only have a balcony, you can still create an abundant garden and make a difference.

You can grow your own food and start your self-sufficiency journey today!

©2022 Vespertine Publishing (P)2023 Vespertine Publishing

Detailed

While this book is short it goes into some detail as to how to start, grow and continue a garden. The book covers from how to select a plot or place for your garden. It also details how to prepare the soil for planting. A lot of emphasis was placed on how to select the proper plants for the are of the country you are in as well as how to determine bush or climbing varieties.

Overall a very informative audio book. If you don't want to take a lot of notes it might help to also grab the e-book for all the tables and bullet points mentioned.

The narrator did a very good job on this book and was easy to understand.

This book was provided free of charge with the expectation of an honest review.

Its okay

This book lets us know your areas of what to grow and when but because they are stating a lot of areas instead of just going through each state. It was confusing for me to listen to the book because I had a hard time knowing the area I would need for planting and being prepared.

I have relistened with the request of the author because of the previous review where I was not able to finish it. I still was confused but it may be easier for someone else who can keep focused with it seeming to go all over the place. It may be easier to read then on an audible book because you can make notes and find your area.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.