How to Become More Self-Sufficient & Grow Your Own Food

Colman Power · Oct 2, 2026 · 26m

How do you become more self-sufficient and start growing your own food?

That's what I'm getting into on this week's solo episode.

I'm talking through five simple vegetables that you can grow at home — rocket, perpetual spinach, onions, mizuna and kale.

Then we're getting into herbs like basil, rosemary and thyme, what's in season now, growing tomatoes and apples, fruit trees, containers, balconies and how you can start producing more of your own food even if you don't have a huge garden.

I'm also talking about no-dig growing and how you can use cardboard, manure or seaweed and let the worms…