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 yearand that she wanted to do it in their yardthey told her she was crazy.
She did it anyway.
The Quarter-Acre Farm is Warren s account of decidingdespite all resistanceto 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...