Sidebar: The Quarter-Acre Farm, by Spring Warren
If you’re feeling a little crazy and considering turning your front and/or backyard into a small permaculture farm, The Quarter-Acre Farm, by Spring Warren, is a great book to read. It gives you a realistic glimpse into what its like take on such an endeavor. The book humorously details the successes and failures of the author’s year-long experiment. It also provides really helpful advice, tips and recipes.
I was planning to re-landsape my front yard a few years back and my son recommended this book; it really helped me see other possibilities for my yard, and rethink my landscaping strategy.
Here are the before/after photos of my street side yard – from broken fence and old shrubs to new fence with espaliered grafted apple trees, pear trees, citrus and drought-tolerant plantings:
Top Photo – Old fence and shrubs; bottom left photo – espaliered fruit trees and grasses; bottom right photo – grafted apple this year just beginning to bloom
Whether or not you decide to go ahead and completely transform your yard, transform it just a little bit, or not-at-all-thank-you-very-much(!), this book is worth the read.
Wonderful site. A lot of useful info here. I am sending
it to some buddies ans also sharing in delicious. And of course,
thanks in your effort!
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Greetings! Very helpful advice in this particular article!
It is the little changes that make the largest changes.
Many thanks for sharing!
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