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Grow Food for Free

The Sustainable, Zero-Cost, Low-Effort Way to a Bountiful Harvest

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Grow Food for Free

By: Huw Richards
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Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same.

Can't afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet.

Don't want to spend money on buying plants? Look in the fridge and your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant.

Need a particular tool? Barter or borrow from a neighbour.

Don't have a garden? See if someone in your area has an untended patch you can turn into a well-loved veg plot.

Narrated by Huw, his Grow Food for Free has the inspiration and practical advice you need to start, grow, love, propagate, and harvest your own fruit and veg organically and at zero-cost. This is real sustainability!

With 15 years' experience growing organic, sustainable food in his family's garden, Huw Richards has seen that cost is often a barrier to people growing their own food, so he wants to help everyone grow fruit and veg sustainably and inexpensively. Huw's YouTube channel has over 168,000 subscribers and his videos have over 25 million views in total.

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"Millions of people are waking up to the reality of our industrial food system and are thirsty for an alternative. What many don’t realize yet is the alternative can be growing right in their own yards. Hu[w]’s book, Grow Food for Free, is the resource that these millions need. Not only does it make gardening accessible for beginner’s but it also makes it extremely affordable. This is the guide for anyone who doesn’t know where to start and is on a tight budget." (Rob Greenfield, environmental activist)

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A Treasure Buried in My Garden

Excellent book.

I had been gardening since 1982 until I became homeless in 2014. This past summer (2024) I finally had the chance to re-establish gardens in my new yard. I moved in here on September 7, 2023, so I didn't have time to grow my own until the following March. I used a lot of Huw's advice since I am on Disability and have a fixed income, and my gardens outperformed themselves. My tomato fruits were so abundant that they knocked over the tomato cages!

I appreciate authors who narrate their own books, too. I want to do that for my own books since it gives the audiobook a nice down-to-earth feel. Pun intended.

I do have a suggestion for Huw: I use Dr. Bronner's pure castile soap to do my dishes. I hand wash my dishes, and after each load, I empty the used dishwasher into a bucket and either add a bucketful to my garden during the growing season or onto my compost pile in the Winter. This is a self-sufficient fertilizer that takes less work than compost tea.

Here is another pleasant find. I just ordered the "Fermentation Kitchen" on Audible by his companion Sam Cooper. I didn't realize until 20 minutes ago that they were so entwined. All my life's a circle.

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Very nice “read”

I’ve watched Huw’s YouTube channel for years and became him grow as a gardener (and become an adult). Even though he’s very young, he has a lot of helpful advice for new gardeners.

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Thank you, for a great gardening resource!

Thank you, Huw, for narrating your gardening book. Your Youtube channel is always informative, encouraging, and uplifting; as has been this book, both are greatly appreciated!

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