03319cam a2200373 4500 413859908 TxAuBib 20200206120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781565125841 1565125843 B003I1WXY4 Amazon a10a3222-9c83-471b-8422-b5e0d298155b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 335767 OverDrive (Product ID) 335767 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Alexander, William. The 64 Tomato [Libby] : How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden. Workman Publishing, 2007. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2882kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:<p><b>This "wildly entertaining" memoir recounts the joys—and horrors—of trying to grow your own food (<i>The Boston Globe</i>).</b><br /> <br /> Bill Alexander had no idea that his simple dream of having a vegetable garden and small orchard in his backyard would lead him into life-and-death battles with groundhogs, webworms, weeds, and weather; midnight expeditions in the dead of winter to dig up fresh thyme; and skirmishes with neighbors who feed the deer and other vermin. Not to mention the vacations that had to be planned around the harvest, the near electrocution of the tree man, the limitations of his own middle-aged body, and the pity of his wife and kids.<br /> <br /> When Alexander runs a cost-benefit analysis, adding up everything from the live animal trap to the Velcro tomato wraps, and then amortizing it over the life of his garden, it comes as quite a shock to learn that it cost a staggering $64 to grow each one of his beloved Brandywine tomatoes. But as any gardener will tell you, you can't put a price on the unparalleled pleasures of providing fresh food for your family.<br /> <br /> "Engaging, funny, and down-to-earth." —<i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /> <br /> "A hilarious horticultural memoir." —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review<br /> <br /> "A delightful guide to achieving gardening bliss." —<i>Minneapolis Star-Tribune</i></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-02-06 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/A10/A32/22/64Tomato9781565125841.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A10A3222-9C83-471B-8422-B5E0D298155B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/A10/A32/22/64Tomato9781565125841.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A10A3222-9C83-471B-8422-B5E0D298155B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1953-1/A10/A32/22/64Tomato9781565125841.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A10A3222-9C83-471B-8422-B5E0D298155B&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)