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Small-Farm Self-Sufficiency Through High-Quality Produce
\nA Back-to-the-Land Adventure from 1864<\/h2>\n
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By Edmund Morris<\/strong>
\n<\/em>“Revived Edition” Edited by Robert Plamondon
\n<\/em>Norton Creek Press. ISBN 978-0-9721770-8-5. 176 pages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/i> is the personal story of how Morris quit the publishing business and achieved happiness and prosperity by farming ten acres of fruits and berries.<\/p>\n

Rather than glorifying poverty and isolation, Ten Acres Enough<\/i> shows farming as the path to financial security, while still providing all the benefits of country life\u2014provided 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.<\/p>\n

Ten Acres Enough<\/i> 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<\/i> (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.<\/p>\n

Through over 160 years old, Ten Acres Enough<\/i> remains a fascinating book. However, the passage of time is making the original edition increasingly inaccessible due to its archaic vocabulary and style. I have copy-edited this “Revived Edition” to restore its clarity. I have also removed needless repetition, added footnotes where necessary (all footnotes are mine), and provided inflation-adjusted prices in addition to the originals. I think Morris would approve.<\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/h1>\n
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    1. City Experiences<\/li>\n
    2. Practical Views<\/li>\n
    3. Resolved To Go<\/li>\n
    4. Buying a Farm<\/li>\n
    5. Making a Purchase<\/li>\n
    6. Planting a Peach Orchard<\/li>\n
    7. Planting Raspberries and Strawberries<\/li>\n
    8. Blackberries<\/li>\n
    9. The Garden<\/li>\n
    10. Cheated In a Cow<\/li>\n
    11. A Cloud of Weeds<\/li>\n
    12. Pigs<\/li>\n
    13. City And Country Life Contrasted<\/li>\n
    14. Two Acres In Truck<\/li>\n
    15. Birds, And The Services They Render<\/li>\n
    16. Close Of My First Year<\/li>\n
    17. My Second Year<\/li>\n
    18. Liquid Manures: An Illustration<\/li>\n
    19. My Third Year<\/li>\n
    20. A Barnyard Manufactory<\/li>\n
    21. Profits of Fruit-Growing<\/li>\n
    22. Gentleman-Farming<\/li>\n
    23. Unsuccessful Men<\/li>\n
    24. Where To Locate: East Or West?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Read a Sample Chapter<\/h1>\n

      Read a simple chapter: My Second Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      How to Order<\/h2>\n