The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year

by Spring Warren

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580053408
• ISBN13: 9781580053402
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 8.0"