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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
&n
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