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Title: The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost his Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden
ISBN: 1565125037
Author:
William Alexander
Publicate Date: 2006-04-14
Publish: 2006-04-14
List Price: $22.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: Didn't Like It
The writing in this book is excellent and it reads very quickly. Also, Alexander is at times funny. However, the entire time I was reading this I couln't stop thinking that this guy is just spoiled upper-middle class. I couldn't help feeling like he wanted the perfect garden without putting in much effort. And that, I feel, is just rediculous.
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2: Can't put it down
A entertaining read while learning all types of mistakes in gardening in the Northwest. Love love love.
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3: You'll never look at a tomato the same way!
I'm not into gardening, or have I ever attempted to build a garden, but you don't need a green thumb to enjoy this book! Bill encounters one headache after another. You almost want him to throw in his gardening gloves forever. It's admirably how he sticks with it and fights every battle, while his wife, Anne, calmly goes about enjoying the beauty of her flowers. Their children,Zach and Katie, could care less about the garden, unless of course they would like to eat fresh vegetables. I now have a new appreciation for this hobby. Gardening can be both romantic and nightmarish. The $64 Tomato is a fun,quick read for the summer. I haven't enjoyed a book this much in a long time. When I go for my walks, I check out the neighbor's gardens now,and I laugh when I see dead grass under their rose bushes.
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4: Head in the Ground
I live in the Northeast and not too far from this guy's place. I have no fence. I use no pesticides nor fertilizer. I see deer, rabbits, woodchucks and opposums on my land all year. On average, if I spend 15 minutes a day working the soil then that is a lot! And my family and I have been eating from the garden for over two decades. I think the author should see a shrink because he, genuinely, needs help.
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5: I've been there.......
Yes......I've been there. So I can certainly relate to every page in this fun-to-read book. If you've ever tried to raise a tomato plant or two in your back yard and ..like me...keep thinking this year I'll really have some tomatoes...this book is for you. The author doesn't just plant tomatos,he tries everything from orchards to potatos to trying to create a pasture. Some of his plantings do fine even to excess but others refuse to even grow, much less produce.
For fun, for a light-to-read summer book, for a lot of laughs ....read this book.
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