A quietly powerful guide from the postwar years, this 1946 edition of How to Grow & Produce Your Own Food offers timeless advice on growing vegetables, preserving fruit, and keeping animals in a home or allotment setting.

Written by Charles Boff and published by Odham Press, the book is full of practical instruction, but it’s the woodcut-style illustrations and worn green cloth binding that give it real heart. From caring for chickens to managing a productive vegetable patch, this is a slow-living manual dressed in vintage charm.

Inside, you’ll find striking black-and-white images of gardeners at work, labelled tool sets, and even instructions for keeping rabbits, goats, and bees. The tone is both earnest and encouraging, a beautiful window into the make-do-and-mend mindset of the 1940’s.

Whether you’re a home grower, stylist, or simply someone who collects well-thumbed guides to simpler living, this one is a keeper.

Details:

– Clothbound cover with printed title and decorative front
– Reprinted in 1946 by Odham Press, London
– Measures approx. 19.5 x 13.5 cm
– 256 pages
– Some foxing and light ageing to pages
– Structurally sound with visible wear to spine and corners