It’s true when they say that anyone can benefit from rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands a little dirty, all for the sake of growing something. It’s true because this simple act of growing—whether in a pot on your patio, or in your home garden—teaches you as much about life as it does the art of bringing a plant from seedling to fruit.
The same is true of
The Quarter-Acre Farm book by award-winning author
Spring Warren. It’s more than informative, as it too is a tale about life and humor and enjoying food as Spring tells the stories and recipes behind her year of eating from her yard’s bounty.
Living in Davis, California, Spring created an adventure of a lifetime for herself and her family when she decided to “take control of her family’s food choices, get her hands dirty, and create a flourishing garden in her not so spacious suburban yard.”
Whether you consider yourself to have a green or black thumb, you'll find that Spring's book reads like a novel with witty adventure, good times and bad times and a humorous cast of real characters from her own family, their pets, the local community and her childhood. Not your typical how-to-garden book, she shares stories of "bunny berries," coffee-ground Christmas presents and "mummifying" olives!
And did we mention that there are seasonal recipes!
We would also like to mention that Spring has very generously donated two signed copies of
The Quarter-Acre Farm to share with you! And she keeps the goodness coming by appearing as a guest blogger here on our site next week with a wonderful post and recipe using fall & winter greens.
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| Quarter-Acre Farm as Illustrated by "Nemo" Spring's oldest son Jesse |
Here's How to Enter –
To win one of two signed copies of Spring's
The Quarter-Acre Farm book, simply leave a comment below answering this question by Monday, December 5th -
As we head into the chilly season, how do you continue to enjoy the natural world around you? What's your favorite part of the late fall and winter season? Is it the leaves? Watching the rain? Getting muddy?
Tending a winter garden?
Thank you for all the amazing comments! They were so wonderful that we chose TWO WINNERS!
The first winner chosen at random is: Shari who wrote:
I like my rain
barrels being full from the rain and being able to water my fruit trees with my
own saved rain. Watching my chickens thrive while looking for worms in the wet
earth. The long evenings mean that I stay home and cook my wonderful organic
vegi's.
The second winner chosen at random is: Susan who wrote:
Living in Southern CA it can be difficult to tell that Fall has truly arrived some years! I know fall has arrived when I rake the neighbor's leaves from my yard and start dreaming of baked sweet potatoes, fresh pomegranate, and pumpkin bread!
Thank you again to all who entered - we are enjoying your comments so very much! Winners were chosen by Random Number Generator and announced on our blog on Tuesday. December 6th.
