NEVER Buy Salad Again - How to Be Self-Sufficient in Salad & Save Money

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This video shares what I think is the easiest way to increase self-sufficiency from your vegetable garden. Salads are simple, celebrate the seasons, and are tasty! There are an infinite number of ways to make a salad, and I share the winning formula that will mean any salad you make will be delicious and nutritious. The best thing for me about this is that you can use small quantities of crops and it is zero waste, the only thing left may be some roots or leaves but they can go right back onto the compost or as chop and drop to help build soil health. Enjoy!
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[@gardenlikeaviking]

this video is like a beautiful painting in motion... the visuals... the edit... the spot on intuitive advice.... well done Huw and Sam

[@HuwRichards]

That's extremely kind of you for sharing thank you 🌱

[@simplifygardening]

~Couldn't agree more with you about salads Huw. So many people get hold of an iceberg a few tomatoes and some cucumber and they have no idea of what they are missing when it comes to growing your own. Great video mate

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much, Tony! Exactly, so so so much choice and variety! :D

[@Anonymous-km5pj]

HEY!! Greek salad _is_ a really good combo gotta admit.... lol

[@KitchenGardenTherapy]

that's actually one of my goals for 2022, to be self sufficient in salads. I like having seasonal salads.

[@jayhillrubis]

It's so easy so long as you plant enough and lots of variety including beet leaves and loads of 'over winter' stalples that can be flash cooked and included like purple sprouting broccoli, chard and kale. lol 💖🙏🌻

[@KitchenGardenTherapy]

@@jayhillrubis true)) the only problem is winter is really harsh here in Chicago. But I still manage to grow some salad leaves, one of my favorite winter hardy greens are Mache.

[@christineferrario1700]

Believe it or not- similar winters here in Utah. Love any ideas how to extend a season without maintaining a cold tunnel all winter in zones 6a

[@janeaneingram3302]

Watching this video for fist time after making a salad for dinner last night of beetroot, lettuce & handful of parsley from my garden with fetta, olive oil & balsamic vinegar. Missed the opportunity to add nasturtium & borage flowers, and a few mint leaves & chives from the garden. Thanks for reminding me to forage first! A couple of tiny zucchinis would have been good also.

[@anitahamlin2411]

I am vegan and salads are most of what I love! Thank you.

[@rik80280]

For northern US growers, I'd definitely recommend One Yard Revolution for inspiration for winter salad growing. Just a few low tunnels, and you really can be eating salads all winter. And of course, you must read Eliot Coleman's book Four-Season Harvest. Your tunnels don't have to be pretty or perfect, just some greenhouse plastic over hoops, weighted down with rocks.

[@janetrush8340]

Rik, thank you for sharing this information. I covered a salad bed a few years ago with such a simple method as this and it is now five years later. Still growing salads straight through the winter. I love winter gardening.

[@dorion7215]

Agree with checking out one yard revolution as well as Eliot Coleman if you grow in Northern USA zone

[@katibajak5502]

Fantastic! This video simply makes me wonder how people can live without a garden. It makes me want to do gardening all the time. To enjoy the color, the smell, the taste of vegetables endlessly.

[@Im-just-Stardust]

Thanks Richard. Weather is finally warm here in, I am starting my first garden I am so excited. I cleaned the field for a few days, ready to build my raised bed. Been dreaming of this moment for a long time, and learned a lot from you, thank you.

[@cbjones2212]

Brilliant video Huw and Sam. It's one thing to grow a beautiful and abundant food garden but it's a whole new level of deep appreciation and respect to nourish your body and soul with that abundance. Thank you so much for your ever present inspiration.

[@jadriennesukhovetska7844]

I’ve taken your simple advice-just eat one thing from your garden each day, no matter how small. It has helped me to be excited about harvesting and to notice how many things are available to eat. Thank you for sharing your skills and contagious excitement!

[@yeevita]

Your salads look delicious! I love that my garden gives me something everyday. I actually do have lettuce all year - I make sure I always have some mature lettuce. When they start looking like they are bolting or just suffering, I make sure I have some baby lettuces already started. If it is too hot, i grow them in a shady or cool location. So I always do have lettuce for when we want a few leaves for our sandwiches or to graze. I also make sure I have radishes, beets, chards, etc, in the garden for when we are looking for a vegetable dish. Even if it is just a few brassica leaves or a beet with beet greens or a radish for garnish. Once the garden is growing, there is always something to eat. Love gardens. I especially love just grazing through them - a leaf here, a flower here. Homegrown greens have so much flavor that I don't need that much to feel as if I have had a meal.

[@JanisOnTheFarmette]

Lovely video! Thank you for the inspiration. Nuts or seeds will make a wonderful addition if you have them. Pumpkin (or other winter squash), sunflower, tree nuts…. And preserved dried fruits such as dried tomatoes or blueberries. Grated citrus rinds adds great flavor to dressings. Oh, can’t forget some of whatever pickled items you may have prepared, especially peppers.

[@jessicaleighdargaclark4536]

One of my goals is to achieve salad self sufficiency. Here in MI in the states I have to figure how to be able to do this year round in a smaller house, but I 100% agree with the variety of options when it comes to salad. Cheers!

[@sandideak4125]

That’s one of my goals as well; to be self sufficient in salads all year! So great timing with this video! I love the many suggestions you offer and using a cold frame will be my go to as we have snow here every winter! 😊

[@HuwRichards]

Fantastic! Best of luck with your journey!

[@ElenawithouttheH]

Beautiful video! I’ve been doing exactly what you speak of here. Each week another ingredient gets available and so my salads are never boring or the same.

[@jayhillrubis]

This is the video so many have been waiting for, including me! It's so easy so long as you plant enough and lots of variety including beet leaves and loads of 'over winter' stalples that can be flash cooked and included like purple sprouting broccoli, chard and kale. lol 💖🙏🌻

[@davidthescottishvegan]

I love 😍 Salad crops Huw Richard so it's a ideally video for me. I have planted my raspberry plants today so hopefully I will get berries this year. My rhubarb is doing well this year.

[@chromadium4771]

I saw your video on when to pick radishes from 8 years ago… you’ve come a long way! Great production quality and video overall! Helpful and informative!

[@lynnlovessoil]

You could touch on what to grow in the summer when many greens and brassicas can't handle the heat.

[@TM-bc6ld]

Just started watching your videos. Started with some of your older videos from when you were a kid. Learning a lot. Glad to see you are still making videos!

[@woodworks2123]

Nice video Huw. I think square foot gardening lends itself very well for growing salad crops. Especially for those people who don't want their back gardens looking like an allotment but may still want to grow some food themselves. Maybe a 2 foot deep raised bed or planter running the length of the garden at the fence can grow alot of salad crops and still have their garden for entertaining. Salad crops grow quickly and could fit in this model very well.

[@dominic6055]

I do have salad all year and it's zero- effort: dandelion for spring and autumn and amaranth leaves during the summer

[@HuwRichards]

Yuk dandelion leaves blergh😉

[@jayhillrubis]

@@HuwRichards 😂 I think they are one of those serious medicinal plants that need to be taken in moderation generally speaking. I'd say after a spring of nothing but one wouldn't have any toxins or worms 😉

[@dominic6055]

@@HuwRichards if you harvest tender leaves they are mildly bitter, also it's a lot more nutritious than any lettuce... and whether you believe it or not, heirloom crops given by Nature are better for health, rather than a crop that has been selected or hybridized in the last centuries, it loses some qualities as for nutrition...but of course if you don't like a food item, then don't eat it or grow it

[@southkoreavideo]

Thank you so much you inspire us to garden, have fun and become self sufficient.

[@opinionatedtatertot815]

Do you have any suggestions for growing salad makings in extreme heat? I can do this in winter and spring in California but all my greens are bolting now that we are hitting 90+ degrees, andnigs just April. I need something that will feed me through the 105+ degree summers!

[@lynnpurfield9430]

So many lovely ideas Huw. I have lots of different types of green leaves and herbs in April and also a small variety of aliums....all sorts gets chucked into a salad and a smoothie. I aim to be self sufficient in salad this year by growing lettuce in the house under grow lights...fun!@!

[@ixobola9650]

Wonderfull inspirations here! And this is how we do it, too....My way of cooking has totally changed since we have our bigger garden. When i had 3, maybe 4 vegetables in one meal it´s now 7,8 ...15...And this idea "Look, what´s ready in the garden" is perfect for cooking in a Wok also! I´m quite happy if i have some potatoes or rice and eggs ...and SALAD!

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

Here in the Midwest USA we are able to do 3 crops of lettuce based salad - spring, fall, and winter under the tunnel. For summer around June comes the cabbage, we make salad with that, carrot, beets, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, green onions, etc that come on then. Also this year I'm going to try 'Gokoboko' spinach that comes from Ghana and is being sold by Baker Creek. Not a true spinach but looks like it and grows in summer. Also grow summer greens, magentaspreen and golden purslane. Hopefully all that can make for some really nice summer salads.

[@TearDrop455]

Packed full of valuable information! Thanks 😊

[@josiebridges3583]

How enlightening, thank you, since I have a few of those plants and not too late to sow a few more. Well done, young man.

[@sheilajoseph9953]

I absolutely could eat salad all year round. The variety you shown will certainly brighten up and have flavoursome salad. Thankyou for sharing.

[@scottcoffinhotmail]

Thanks for publishing another amazing video. Such great talent and content delivered with joy and care.

[@1Lightdancer]

Well done! I love having mache growing about my garden - self sown - at this time of year - and usually go out daily to see what's there!

[@hoosierpioneer]

I was on my way in 2022 till critters found my salad crops. Need to work on this more.

[@johndyer9232]

Found out that spinach will survive winter in USDA zone 6b. Survived several nights in single digits Fahrenheit and even more in the teens and low twenties. Lost rutabagas, and raddichio, but the Bloomsdale Long Standing not only survived, but has been picked every week since the last week of February. Still thriving. Next fall I’m planting more varieties of greens that will survive the cold of winter.

[@5pecular]

Thanks for sharing how you eat. I've been interested to know and now I do.

[@HuwRichards]

Salad only 10% of my diet probably

[@TheRosangela9369]

The true taste of the season, healthy and full of nutrients. Maybe not the love at first bite and a kind of unfamiliar... I read several years ago a book, written by Masanobu Fukuoka, that impressed me so much, how he described his path to permaculture and so on...

[@GrimbolTheDruid]

Great video as always Huw! Thanks for sharing and happy gardening this year! We still have 3 feet of snow so I’m waiting patiently! 🙏🙏🙏

[@janeaneingram3302]

Grow sprouts indoors! I ate heaps of sprouts during 2020 including funegreek & puy (French) lentils out of the pantry cupboard. Couldn't get seeds for the garden but was lucky to have heaps of purple sprouting broccoli!

[@amiladybug9526]

Thanks I do love having salads and this has given me new ideas about what I can do .

[@la1163]

I'm waiting with anticipation for your gardening book. I preordered it and I should receive it by early or middle of May since I live in the states. Happy gardening Huw.

[@ohio_gardener]

I love that I can grow salad greens in the cold frame all winter, and I can pull back the straw to harvest some Japanese Winter Carrots and Parsnips to add to the salads.

[@MorningsattheAllotment]

Great video on salads, Huw! I couldn't agree more. I actually love my winter salads - the escariol in the greenhouse in mild winters, the mustards, the brassicas - young leaves as well as sprouts of any kind 😍

[@francefaucheux184]

Thanks for your amazing videos. I bought your books. I admire your simple ways of doing things and the love and care towards nature. I am curious to know what plant is being filmed at 1:40. I am trying to grow wild garlic too from seeds. I planted some last year and something is coming up . .hope they are the wild garlic!! Thanks.

[@rmfyiffa]

Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing... All the best :)

[@jayhillrubis]

We were just talking about how to store all the wild garlic here in the Tipperary Mtns yesterday. Pesto is the obvious choice but always tastes a bit strange after a few months, perhaps it needs to be dried first. Of course it's probably not healthy to eat to much as it's also medicinal but any ideas would be welcome ... looking forward to the book. lol 💖🙏🌻 My mothers recipe for a french vinigrette is simple; Virgin Olive oil 1ltr Cider or wine vinegar 1/3-1/2 ltr Garlic 3-5 colves crushed Dijon/English mustard 2 teaspoons or to taste salt & pepper to taste 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon of sugar ... shake well 😃

[@altynbrenham4685]

great video 👍 thanks for sharing your video xx

[@jaclynbrown8641]

Thank you! You and Sam are doing wonderful work!

[@glowinaglowina462]

good lesson...bravo !

[@mattwalker8230]

Beautiful salads, and this video makes me hungry 😋

[@mzuribeauty4287]

Come to think of it, always have lettuce in my salad. I feel damn after watching this video. Thanks for the info

[@terachuu4077]

Always glad to see your video😄. Wish I've got more land to cultivate like yours. Salad with oil dressing is uncommon to my family, our salad topped with peanut/coconut. That purple broccoli makes me want to onder the seed rn😆.

[@zoestanisstreet8058]

love this, I'm off to organise a salad bed.

[@HuwRichards]

Enjoy! :)

[@tamandaflynn6090]

Wow, that looks delicious! Well done, and thank you. More cooking ideas would be amazing 😋

[@gisp4622]

Interesting...I want to get more greens in but don't like the typical lettuce. This is a good idea. Do you have any recipes?

[@johnkm77]

Huw, I think your bulk item is oil 🤣 By the way, your Audiobook "Grow Food for Free" is fantastic. I'm listening to it for the fourth time.

[@HuwRichards]

One shot was cider vinegar😉

[@daves1563]

I grow things for salad. The rabbits come and eat my lettuce and other greens and get fat, then I trap the rabbits and make stir fry or rabbit bacon salad. You can’t build muscle on greens alone.

[@mixalispatsourakis899]

I see you want to help ordinary people have enough food through a small garden! Thank you!!

[@sandrabonilla713]

Beautiful 🤩 🪴 garden

[@faunwillow]

I read once in old England a salad had up to 89 different herbs and lettuces.

[@sventer198]

Great approach!

[@christianerardt3705]

Thanks for this inspiration 💚🌱

[@lostinsomerset6002]

Brilliant, as always!

[@ferdinandgluck2723]

Inspiration!! Thanks;) I love to have a nice walk through the garden and end up with a meal to take home even in mid winter! One question if I might…. Could you tell me the brand of your purple sprouting broccoli? I have some problems to get reasonably big heads in the last years and yours lookes perfect🥳

[@dappledaylight2628]

Excellent Topic!

[@sabrinabreuker]

I really enjoyed the editing on this video

[@HuwRichards]

Thank you so much!!

[@BoomBoom-sr8nt]

Amazing.. would you also do like budget style gardening? Like you live in a city apartment with balcony lol..having a hard time on mine 🥺.. and all I’m doing are tomatoes and peppers and I don’t honk I’m getting it right haha

[@jessehaskell4538]

Salads are great and all, but let’s get some shots of that grill.

[@ArtichokeHunter]

wish i liked salads. it's the time of year when there's tons of edible greens to forage and japanese knotweed and not too much else unless you luck out.

[@stevendowden2579]

nice video huw im not a salad fan but i will try this

[@jerrycrow66]

Get a cookery show mate! I grow, boil and fry my stuff. What comes out is a bit of an experiment 🤔

[@Just-Smile-Everyone]

Great video and great info Sir 👍

[@socloseagain4298]

I thought this was going to be a video about which crops to grow year round

[@crankybanshee3809]

1:43 Could someone please tell me what that plant is?

[@tinnerste2507]

Claytonia or miners lettuce. It's very mild just like lettuce, but it doesn't go bitter in summer. It's one of my favourites. It's also both perennial and self sowing in my zone six garden.

[@crankybanshee3809]

@@tinnerste2507 I was asking because of the resemblance to what I grow as "miner's lettuce" - not as pretty or as round as the one in the video (must be different variants), but it looked like it could taste just as nice. It's one of my favourites too and North of Sydney it grows over winter. Thanks for your answer and Happy Gardening.

[@tinnerste2507]

@@crankybanshee3809 sure thing. My clatonia is much smaller I suspect because my climate is colder or maybe he just has better soil or a better cultivar? My leave are about the size of my fingernail, but I don't know any other plant that looks like that

[@adsb4187]

Also I really like that jumper what brand is it? Thanks!

[@fletchybabe6172]

Hi Huw, I was having this discussion about salads in winter with my mother as she stated that you can't grow lettuce in winter, I explained to her what you've discussed in this video. Can I asked what the plant is @1:46, the circular leaf with the tiny white flowers at the centre please? Thank you 😁🌱☀️

[@kubaistube]

At first I thought to be land cress but that doesn't have flower in the center like that...

[@hollysharvest]

In the U.S., we call it miner's lettuce/claytonia.

[@ebel-janschepers3709]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia_parviflora it grows here in the wild, even in our garden. We and our chickens love it 😀

[@neesr13]

Please identify the plant that is at 1:43. Thank you.

[@GilbertasV]

Anyone knows how the plant at 1:43 is called? 🙃

[@waraphonbontea9360]

Thanks for sharing ideas ^_^

[@pennythompson4790]

Very interestingx

[@adsb4187]

Great video. Thank you. Really appreciate the work that your doing. Its informative and interesting and inspiring.

[@ksenijadavid2082]

Im hungry just watching this 😊👍

[@lazone3184]

Hello !! What about electroculture/magnetoculture ? :D

[@mathewgreen9663]

Nice salad Huw, just need a steak to go with it 😆👍🏻

[@gawain8000]

Yum

[@Bobsmith-ot6si]

Salad Tastic🙏😊❤️

[@MFaith777]

What salad items can I grow in Mn in dead of winter, lots of snow, and no greenhouse?

[@Kaylabarss]

Micro greens and sprouts can be grown inside without taking up much space.

[@pattik1853]

Check out the book "Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening" by Peter Burke. He lives in VT.

[@tanisgeoffroy3677]

This is such a great video. I have watched it multiple times and just today I have used your method of doing aromatics and the grilled purple sprouting broccoli. It was my first time for both the aromatics and sprouting broccoli. Yum!!! Thanks so much for sharing this. I have plans for my garden to provide more salads for next April.

[@brianschindler1511]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@megaman2016]

This will keep the slugs fed all year

[@annettemartensson4523]

👍👏👩‍🌾

[@jerrycrow66]

Strange way to make raw vegetables salad. Consider Ringworm! ☹️

[@debbi945]

I can't work out whether he's wearing a hat or not? Can anyone help

[@keepingitwild5994]

This "self-sufficent" thing has been blown out of propotion; it can't be achieved with a plot of land. It's simply wishful thinking.

[@HuwRichards]

It can if you just want to be self sufficient in your salads

[@daves1563]

Rob Greenfield did it with a city plot in Florida.