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: William Alexander: Algonquin Books (2006): nonfiction: 265 pagesIt’s the time of year when we imagine the wonderful garden we could have if we just…. well, had enough time, money, energy, and know how. William Alexander had sufficient of all of those to plant and maintain an immense vegetable garden and a number of fruit trees on his property in the Hudson Valley in New York. Alexander is an avid, perhaps obsessed, gardener who stakes himself against deer, purslane, moles, and his own larger than life gardening propensities. This humorous book is full of interesting trivia about gardening. The book is quick and fun to read but also gives a realistic view of the effort required in a day to day struggle to impose our own will on nature. I highly recommend this book but if you're seriously dreaming about this year's garden you might want to save the book until the end of the growing season!
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