Annette S. (annette-s) reviewed on 3/20/2013 + 49 more book reviews

The $64 Tomato by William Alexander is a humorous account of a gardener battling to start and maintain a whopping, uber-sized 2,000 square foot kitchen garden! For a professional man and his physician wife to even strive for such a large garden in their spare time is either insane or they have to have a good sense of humor. Well, he definitely had a good sense of humorthis book was funny. About being insane, Im not qualified to comment.

In this book William Alexander calls gardening a blood sport for a good reason. He battled everything from clay soil, to garden designers, landscapers, weeds, numerous bug infestations, squirrels, and even groundhogs, or more specifically Superchuck. One of the most amusing episodes was his battle with Superchuck. Superchuck was woodchuck, aka groundhog, who somehow bypassed the electric fence to sneak into the kitchen garden and took bites out of prized Brandywine tomatoes. And in his super arrogance, he didn't just take a couple tomatoes and devour them. No, he took one bite out of a whole handful of tomatoes each time he magically worked his way through the 10,000-volt deterrence. What followed was battle of wits. Youll have to read it to see who officially won.
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