Ten Acres Enough: Small-Farm Self-Sufficiency Through High-Quality Produce. A Back-to-the-Land Adventure from 1864 |  | Author: Edmund Morris
Creator: Robert Plamondon
Publisher: Norton Creek Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 347268
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 184
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0972177086
Dewey Decimal Number: 630
EAN: 9780972177085
ASIN: 0972177086
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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Ten years after Henry David Thoreau learned how to be a poor farmer, Edmund Morris learned how to be a good one. Ten Acres Enough is the personal story of how Morris quit the publishing business and achieved happiness and prosperity by farming ten acres of fruits and berries. Rather than glorifying poverty and isolation, Ten Acres Enough shows farming as the path to financial security, while still providing all the benefits of country life-provided that the farmer understands that the key lies in producing crops of the highest possible quality, while living within striking distance of a major market. Five Acres Enough has left its mark on generations of back-to-the-land farmers. Its influence on both the title and the contents of M. G. Kains' classic Five Acres and Independence (1935) is obvious. And it is benefiting readers today, whether as a piece of Americana or as a source of small-farm ideas and inspiration. Through nearly 150 years old, Ten Acres Enough remains a fascinating book. However, the passage of time is making the original edition increasingly inaccessible due to its archaic vocabulary and style. This "Revived Edition" has been copy-edited to restore its clarity.
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 Still relevant January 20, 2009
Lynn (Minnesota)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent book. The strategies for starting a small, sustainable farm in this book are still relevant almost 150 years later.
Ten Acres Enough November 17, 2008
Cindy Lou (Red Bluff, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ten Acres Enough is a book that is endearing to your heart. I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did. It is a relaxing, positive read that I had to go back and order more of for my friends. A great, cozy, by the fire book!
10 acres IS enough February 13, 2009
William Irion (Largo, fl)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very good read! A great expose about how he made it in farming and frugalness
 Good read! December 25, 2009
Mark Busha (Royal Oak, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While not as poetic as Waldon, it is certainly more positive and practical. Really nice read and with Robert Plamondon's notes, nicely brought to the current day. My wife and I hope to retire soon and put some of this to use.
history updated January 29, 2010
Deb (Oregon, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Robert Plamondon updated this book to todays economics which made it much more useful. Many of the concerns of 1864 are just as important today when thinking about how to make the small acreage pay off or be enough to support the family. Since reading this book, I have more organized questions about how to use the land in my care.
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