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The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for A Year
by Spring Warren Nonfiction / 336 pages / Paperback
Seal Press / March 2011
Dear Reader,
When I told my husband and two boys that I was going to grow our own food (not some, but 75 percent of all the food we consumed in a year) – and that I was going to grow that food in our yard – they said no way.
They said I'd eat zucchini day in and day out. They said I'd starve. They said I was crazy. 
But I did it anyway.
The Quarter Acre Farm tells the story of what I learned in the year of living off my small urban lot; about dirt, bugs, how to grow tomatoes, about a thousand ways to cook zucchini, even how to eat the snails that were decimating my lettuces. I also learned a huge amount about failure. In spite of that and along the way, I learned just how much food a person in a city can grow in their yards, where a mere lawn used to be.
Best,
Spring Warren
About The Quarter-Acre Farm
The Quarter-Acre Farm is Warren's witty account of deciding – despite all resistance – to take control of her family's food choices, get herhands dirty, and create a garden in her suburban yard. It's a story of bugs, worms, rot, and failure; of learning, replanting, harvesting, and eating. The road is long and riddled with mistakes, but by the end of her yearlong experiment, Warren's sons and husband have become her biggest fans. In fact, they're even eager to help harvest (and eat) the beautiful bounty she brings in.
Reviews of The Quarter-Acre Farm
"Spring Warren is one of those authors who is just such good company. I'd go anywhere with her. So I'm thrilled to find myself at The Quarter-Acre Farm, a book miraculously balanced at that exact point halfway between practical and whimsical, inclusive and intimate."
-Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club
"Reading Spring Warren's book is like chatting with a good friend over coffee as she relates her garden adventures (some hilarious) and muses on the meaning of almost everything."
-Georgeanne Brennan, author of Potager: Fresh Garden Cooking in the French Style and A Pig in Provence
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