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Quarter-acre farm, how I kept the patio, lost the lawn, and fed my family for a year, Spring Warren ; illustrated by "Nemo"

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Quarter-acre farm

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Spring Warren ; illustrated by "Nemo"

how I kept the patio, lost the lawn, and fed my family for a year

When Spring Warren told her husband and two teenage boys that she wanted to grow 75 percent of all the food they consumed for one year--and that she wanted to do it in their yard--they told her she was crazy. She did it anyway. The Quarter-Acre Farm is Warren's account of deciding--despite all resistance--to take control of her family's food choices, get her hands 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. Full of tips and recipes to help anyone interested in growing and preparing at least a small part of their diet at home, The Quarter-Acre Farm is a warm, witty tale about family, food, and the incredible gratification that accompanies self-sufficiency

Making space -- Dollar for dirt -- Tofu of the West -- Sadism in the garden -- Sugar grows on trees -- Circus hens -- Free stuff -- Mud -- The mysterious underground -- Magical fruit -- Weeds -- When good bugs go bad -- Pole dancing -- Water -- What weighs more, a pound of diamonds or a pound of mushrooms -- Hunting small game -- Mummification -- The history of food preservation including my own -- You can eat that? -- A farmer critiques the Quarter Acre Farm -- Victory in the garden

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