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, worms, rot, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580053408
• ISBN13: 9781580053402
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Seal Press (CA)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 8.0"