Fastest way to get a natural tan in your own backyard?

I want to look good but not with those artificial tanning beds or the lotions. Anyone know the fastest most productive ways to tan?
It would say you do it where you are exposed to the sun. I know it is a bad joke, but you might reconsider the reasons for and benefits of that tan. The trouble is that repeated exposure to the sun can lead to skin cancer later in life. It has happened in my family. So is it still worth to look good for a few weeks to have to put up with the misery and substantial expense of fighting that cancer later on? You make the call.
you gotta constantly be outside everyday. it will gradually make you tan.
Tan during the middle of the day would be most effective I would think.