Liz Zorab from Byther Farm explains how she produces 85% of her annual food.
She tells us what she grows in terms of crops, what she substitutes to replace the food she cannot grow, plus what she preserves, and stores for the year. She also us talks about some of her tested techniques that make this garden as low maintenance as possible for one person to manage.
Liz has done all this after acquiring a bare, compacted field with virtually no top soil four years ago and turning it into a lush, productive market garden in just two years. She grows enough food for herself and her partner and runs a little CSA.
Her garden is so successful that she no longer needs to go out to work.
To find out more about her techniques and journey, see Liz’s first book Grounded: A Gardener’s Journey to Abundance and Self-Sufficiency HERE.
Liz’s second title, The Seasoned Gardener explains how to grow organic food with the seasons, understanding your own microclimate, weather patterns and seasonal changes. She includes best plants, how to make the most of your time and energy, how to be creative with resources and how to find pleasure in doing less. Shop HERE.
Liz spent several years transforming her 0.8 acre plot in Monmouthshire. She is now regenerating an over-grazed 4.5 acre site using permaculture practices.