While this definitely isn't a beginner book for aspiring gardeners, this book none-the-less provides a really informative and detailed plan for building and maintaining a self-sufficient garden. I plan to give this book as a gift to the gardeners in my life (with the space to implement the plans!) and I know that they will enjoy this book a lot. Personally, for me, I found that the kitchen section was the most directly relevant to my current lifestyle (apartment with limited production space for gardening) and I appreciated that the authors not only talked about setting up and building a garden, but the next steps with that as well including preserving and saving harvests as well as some recipes for using up produce. 4.5/5 stars

The Self-Sufficiency Garden is an excellent book, good for both beginner and more experienced gardeners. I’ve gardened for 35 years and still found helpful information. The cooking section has good information and directions for a variety of ways to use and preserve the produce grown. My only problem was following the monthly planting plans since a key was used rather than having the plants indicated on the plan itself. That aside, this is one of the few books I will buy to keep as a reference even though I was fortunate enough to read a pre-publication copy through NetGalley. I highly recommend it for home gardeners.

This is probably one of the most thorough and helpful books of this kind that I've read. I've had a garden for a few years and am moving in the direction of homesteading and found this to be majorly helpful. I will be purchasing a physical copy to use as a reference! Thank you for the ARC!

A very useful book for all of those interested in gardening! It was very informative and easy to understand, this book will be a keeper!!