Search - 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

I really loved this book, it was quite funny. The author still has a lot to learn about gardening on a budget though. I guess with a doctor wife it is okay to spend $10,000 annually on the garden but for the rest of America that is just ridiculous. That was really the only thing that irritated me, the over spending when it really wasn't necessary. As for the title I think you will see that his math isn't so great, the tomatoes really cost him alot less than calculated, he includes the price of trimmers of the shrubs adjacent to the tomato plots in their cost, hmmmm? Anyway's, it is a good read if your an avid gardener like myself, just suspend disbelief if you can and enjoy his follies, and the lengths he goes to for his crops.

I loved this book. The author was hilarious! I could completely identify with his garden obsessions. The part with him battling the ground hog had me laughing until I cried. If you enjoy gardening, I strongly recommend picking up this book.

In The $64 Tomato, Bill Alexander waxes poetic in an attempt to rationalize the size and design of his garden beds and to minimize the huge job of weeding. He doesn't put the same poetic response toward his failure to remain organic. Good intentions were the road to chemical intervention in his garden as the pests got tougher and tougher - and bigger: Superchuck the woodchuck! My woodchuck visitor last year didn't come back, and didn't provide me with the same level of entertainment as Superchuck did the Alexanders, thank goodness.

If you're looking for a gardening book with straightforward advice, this isn't it. If you're looking for a good read with a fun take on the entire gardening experience, this is just right.

I absolutely loved this book! It helped be get through a long cold winter in the Hudson Valley. Such an array of emotions in this book, tenderness, love, frustration, hilarity and everything in between. I'm inspired and even happier to start my garden again this spring!

I loved this book. I am not really a gardener but it made me laugh. Good fun read, enjoyed it immenesly!

What a wonderful book! If you've grown up gardening or currently garden, this book will be one you can relate to. The author's stories of gardening brought back so many of my own memories of gardening, including how to deal with invasive insects and weeds, but in such a humourous way. It includes little hints throughout the stories, such as how to get your apple trees to correctly pollinate, but is really a joy to read about his garden from conception to harvesting. For those that love to eat what they grow, this book will be a comfort to read as there are others out there like us!