{"product_id":"the-quarter-acre-farm-how-i-kept-the-patio-lost-the-lawn-and-fed-my-family-for-a-year-paperback","title":"The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSpring Warren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJesse Pruet\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe did it anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Quarter-Acre Farm\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of tips and recipes to help anyone interested in growing and preparing at least a small part of their diet at home, \u003cem\u003eThe Quarter-Acre Farm\u003c\/em\u003e is a warm, witty tale about family, food, and the incredible gratification that accompanies self-sufficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpring Warren is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eTurpentine, \u003c\/em\u003e a bronze medalist for the 2007 \u003cem\u003eForeWord Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year Award and a \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarren comes from Wyoming, where here family has lived since 1870. A true gal of the American West, she grew up in Casper and at a ranch in the Black Hills that her parents still own. She's been a schoolteacher (children bring cow testicles to school for show and tell in Wyoming), raised pigs, killed rattlesnakes, hunted, and fished. When she moved toward writing, she was a working as a short order cook, selling worms and maple bars to campers, and teaching swimming lessons in the shadow of Devil's Tower, and was living in a trailer where she washed clothes in a wringer washer and dried them by the heat of the wood stove. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarren now lives in Davis, California, an educational hub of the agricultural world, in the Central Valley, the world's most productive agricultural region. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43423779258435,"sku":"9781580053402","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/4399\/2899\/files\/skBDZDWSaO9781580053402.webp?v=1781714735","url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/the-quarter-acre-farm-how-i-kept-the-patio-lost-the-lawn-and-fed-my-family-for-a-year-paperback","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}