How to 'Grow Your Groceries'

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM EDT

The cover of "Grow Your Groceries" beside author Simon Akeroyd. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House)

An author and gardener recommends saving money by growing your vegetables at home. Simon Akeroyd, author of “Grow Your Groceries,” offers advice to Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd.

Book excerpt: ‘Grow Your Groceries’

By Simon Akeroyd

Excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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