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  Jeavons, John

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Johnson, Lloyd

  jujubes

  juncos

  junk yard

  K

  kabocha squash

  Kalliopi (hen)

  Karacoflu

  kidney beans

  Killmaster

  kimchi

  kitchen refuse

  Klio (hen)

  Knox-Out

  Kurten, Bjorn

  Kwan Yin (rabbit)

  L

  lacewings

  ladybird beetles/ladybugs

  Lally, Phillippa

  lampante

  Lapland reindeer

  lavender

  lawns

  lead poisoning

  leafhoppers

  leaf miners

  leaves

  Leeuwenhoek, Antoni (Thonius Philips) van

  lemons

  Lemons, Sam’s Preserved

  lentils

  lettuce

  Lewis, Mark

  Lima, Peru

  lipstick mold

  livestock feed

  Lockhart Seeds

  loveage

  M

  mâche

  Madison, Mike

  magpies

  Maltz, Maxwell

  mandarin oranges

  manure

  maraschino cherries

  marigolds

  Martin, R. Sanford

  Mason canning jars

  Mason, John L.

  McGregor (cat)

  meat

  meat flavor

  melons

  mesophylic bacteria

  Meyer lemons

  microgreens

  mildew

  milk

  mint

  Miracle Sweet tomato

  Miracle Whip

  mission figs

  mistletoe

  mockingbirds

  mock oyster

  mold

  Monsanto

  mosquitoes

  motion studies

  mourning doves

  mucin

  mud baths/massages

  Mud Truffles

  mud wrestling

  mulch

  mule deer

  Muller, Paul

  mummification

  mushrooms

  Mushroom Soup

  mutualism

  Mycobacterium vaccae

  myrtle spurge

  N

  nasturtiums

  National War Gardening Commission

  nematode-resistant tomatoes

  nematodes

  net bags

  North Dakota

  Notes

  nursery discards

  nuts

  O

  oleuropein

  Olive Focaccia

  olives

  omega-3 fatty acids

  onions

  growing considerations

  nutritional ranking

  Onion Potato Puff Pastry Pie

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  opossums

  orach

  Orange Peel Dipped in Chocolate, Candied

  oranges

  organophosphates

  Orion (cat)

  outside compost bin

  oxalate

  oyster mushrooms

  P

  Pack, Charles Lathrop

  Parker, Laura

  Park’s Whopper Improved tomato

  parsley

  parthenogenesis

  Pasta con Zucca

  Pasteur, Louis

  patios

  pattypan squash

  paving stones

  Pawnee

  peaches

  frozen preservation

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  tree care

  pears

  peas

  Alotta Frittata

  flowers

  nutritional ranking

  pedal mucus

  pediatricians

  peduncles

  pelletized seeds

  pemmican

  penetration factors

  peppers

  frozen preservation

  garden space

  growing considerations

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  persimmons

  Peru

  pesticides

  pesto

  petit gris snails

  pickling

  pigeon peas

  pigs

  pink banana squash

  pinto beans

  Pippin (cat)

  Planting

  plants, free

  plants, water needs

  plastic burlap bags

  plums

  Plymouth Rock chickens

  pole beans

  portobello mushrooms

  possums

  potatoes

  Alotta Frittata

  diseases

  garden space

  Green-Chile Chili

  growing considerations

  Onion Potato Puff Pastry Pie

  Potatoes and Eggs

  soil

  sprouted potatoes

  Prairie Spy apples

  praying mantises

  Preserved Lemons, Sam’s

  preserving food

  canning

  dehydration

  fermentation

  freezing

  lemons

  pickling

  produce sharing

  psychotropic fungi

  pumpkins

  growing considerations

  nutritional ranking

  water

  world records

  purple loosestrife

  purple plums

  purslane

  Purslane Salad

  Q

  queen ann’s lace

  R

  rabbits

  raccoons

  radiodermatitis

  radishes

  radula

  Raid

  rain barrels

  rainbow chard

  raised beds

  rats

  Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de

  Recipes

  red beans

  red beets

  red bread mold

  red junglefowl

  red onions

  red plastic mulch

  redwood bark mulch

  refrigeration

  reindeer

  residential gardens

  Rhizoctonia canker

  Rhode Island Red chickens

  rhubarb

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  roasted vegetables

  Roman aqueducts

  root length

  root nodules

  rosemary

  rototillers

  Rough French Tart

  round seed

  Ryan, Shawna

  S

  Sade, Marquis de

  Sam’s Preserved Lemons

  San Francisco, California

  San Jose, California

  sapropelic muds

  scale

  scapes, garlic

  scrub jays

  seasonal ingredients

  Secondary Products Revolution

  seed bombs

  seed collection

  seed germination

  seedpiece breakdown

  seedpieces

  selenium

  Sepedonium

  Sevin

  shade

  sharing work

  shaws

  sheet plastic

  shelling beans

  shredded leaves

  Silent Spring (Carson)

  silver scurf

  slime

  see also snails

  slow food movement

  slugs

  Smoothies

  snails

  snail-slime-based health products

  snap beans

  snowberry sunflowers

  soil

  see also compost

  soilborne skin diseases

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bsp; solar lights

  sow bugs

  spaghetti squash

  Spanish-style Escargot

  spas

  Spearfish, South Dakota

  spiders

  spinach

  Alotta Frittata

  garden space

  growing considerations

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  Sporendonema purpurascens

  sprouted chickpeas

  sprouted potatoes

  squash

  diseases

  flowers

  garden space

  nutritional ranking

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  see also pumpkins

  squirrels

  Stearns, Robert E. C.

  stem stress

  sticky traps

  stirrup hoes

  Stockton, California

  straw

  strawberries

  suberizing

  sun-dried tomatoes

  Sunny (duck)

  sunshine

  sun tea

  sweetened condensed milk

  sweet potatoes

  sycamore trees

  T

  Tanglefoot

  Techirghiol, Romania

  terrariums

  Thalia (hen)

  thermophylic bacteria

  thinning and pruning

  thirty-day habit-forming theory

  3 Healing Lagoons, Chilca, Peru

  thyme

  Tiger (cat)

  time management

  tomatillos

  tomatoes

  Alotta Frittata

  canned tomato incident

  dehydration

  frozen preservation

  garden space

  Green-Chile Chili

  growing considerations

  nematodes

  nutritional ranking

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

  root length

  tomato hornworms

  torpedo onions

  Trichoderma

  Truffles, Mud

  tubers

  turnips

  turtle beans

  V

  Vaughn, Reese

  victory gardens

  Vietnam

  Vietnamese artichoke tea

  volunteers

  W

  wall fish

  Walnut French Toast

  wasps

  water

  beneficial insects

  costs

  deep watering

  garden watering methods

  greywater recycling

  potatoes

  pumpkins

  well water

  watermelon

  watermelon pickles

  weeds

  weeping hoses

  well water

  white figs

  whiteflies

  whites, egg

  whole-plant usability

  wild morning glory

  see bindweed

  wilt

  wind

  wine grapes

  winged aphids

  winter squash

  see also pumpkins

  wolf spiders

  work sharing

  worm castings

  worms

  wrens

  Wyoming

  duck-raising story

  frozen foods

  Lloyd Johnson

  massages

  pickles

  pig farming

  road trip

  tomato-growing season

  Y

  yarrow

  yeast

  yellow mold

  yellow nutsedge

  yolks, egg

  Yuba culture

  Z

  zinc

  zucchini

  culinary background

  culinary possibilities

  diseases

  frozen preservation

  garden space

  Grilled Zucchini

  health benefits

  nutritional content

  productivity

  Roasted Tomato Sauce

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  THE QUARTER-ACRE FARM

  How I Kept the Patio, Lost the Lawn, and Fed My Family for a Year

  Copyright © 2011 by Spring Warren

  Illustrations © 2011 by Jesse Pruet, aka “Nemo”

  Published by

  Seal Press

  A Member of the Perseus Books Group

  1700 Fourth Street

  Berkeley, California

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Warren, Spring.

  The quarter-acre farm : how I kept the patio, lost the lawn and fed my family for a year / by: Spring Warren; illustrated by: Jesse “Nemo” Pruet.

  p. cm.

  eISBN : 978-1-580-05401-0

  1. Farm life—California—Davis—Anecdotes. 2. Organic farming—California—Davis—Anecdotes. 3. Farmers—California—Davis—Biography. I. Title.

  S521.5.C2W37 2011

  635.092—dc22

  2010036215