The Quarter-Acre Farm by Spring Warren

Gardening is a learning process filled with ups and downs.

Spring Warren tells it like it is when it comes to gardening on her property. In giving an account of her experiences, she doesn’t just share the positives. She also shares her various experiences. Her sense of humor shines through in her writing style, and you can’t help but chuckle at her stories.

The book isn’t just about gardening. In many ways, it’s also about life. Recipes using the garden harvest are peppered throughout the book. While this does contain ideas about gardening in a quarter of an acre, it’s more about a personal journey of turning a regular yard into a garden that provided food throughout the year.

Book Description:

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. 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.

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.

About the Author:

Spring Warren is a writer with a penchant for art, furniture-making and gardening. Her novel “Turpentine” came out with Grove Press. Her nonfiction book “The Quarter Acre Farm” was published by Seal. Spring resides in California but hails from Wyoming, where her family has lived since the 1870s. Visit her blog, The Quarter Acre Farm, at http://thequarteracrefarm.com/

Book Details:

• The Quarter-Acre Farm: $17.95 MSRP
• Paperback: 335 pages
• Publisher: Seal Press (March 15, 2011)
• ISBN-10: 1580053408
• ISBN-13: 978-1580053402
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.9 x 8 inches