The Soilworks Grow Guide
Full nutritional self-sufficiency for two adults — built from the math up. No fluff, no lifestyle hustle. Just the numbers, the crops, and the calendar.
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What's inside the Guide
① Nutritional Model
Annual calorie and macro targets for two adults, with garden sources for every requirement.
② Annual Garden Plan
Every crop you replant each year — space requirements, yields, preservation strategy.
③ Perennial Garden Plan
Trees, shrubs, perennial vegetables. Plant once, harvest for decades.
🗓 Grow Calendar
Week-by-week sow / transplant / harvest reference.
🌼 Companion Planting
Pairings that boost yields and repel pests.
🌱 Soil, Seeds & Animals
Soil building, heirloom seed sources, livestock integration.
Why "built from the math up"
Most garden guides start with seasonal vibes and pretty photos. This one starts with the question every self-sufficiency plan has to answer: how many calories, macros, and micronutrients do two adults need in a year, and which crops deliver them?
Two adults require ~1,460,000 calories per year (4,000/day combined). Six crop families do the heavy lifting: starchy roots, dry beans, winter squash, brassicas, alliums, and leafy greens. Everything else — herbs, fruits, perennials — layers on top.
The Guide shows the math, names the crops, gives you the square footage, and hands you a planting calendar. The Goal pages above are the actual content. The form at top sends a printable Compost C:N reference card as the on-ramp.
From Guide to Workbench
The Grow Guide gives you the numbers. The Garden Workbench is the freemium tool suite that runs on top of them — Plot Planner, Bed Layout, Planting Calendar, Compost C:N.
All Grow Guide content is free, forever. Workbench tools come in an Open tier (view-only, print-friendly, fixed templates) and a paid Workbench tier (~$14 anchor — save, edit, export PDF, multi-year history).
🤝 Work with Soilworks
Want this dialed in for your land — your zone, your soil, your kitchen targets? Single consults, season packs, and teaching engagements all available. See Soilworks Consulting →
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