Ahoy gardeners! or anyone even thinking about picking up a spade. Whether you are growing tomatoes on an apartment balcony or have acres of rich topsoil with which to play, if you have any interest in gardening, or even eating garden fresh produce, I think you’ll be tickled with this instructive memoir (with recipes) by Spring Warren: The Quarter-Acre Farm: How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year. Early in the summer of 2008, the author decided that she would plow up as much of her family’s Davis, California yard as she could, build out a garden, and for a year, consume at least 75% of her food by weight from what she grew. A noble experiment to say the least, and one that Ms. Warren approaches with light hearted humor and a spirit of adventure. She is a delightful storyteller, peppering her chapters with historical notes, biological tidbits, very useful gardening advice, and easy-to-make, garden-produce-using, good recipes.

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