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A gardener with an existential bent, Alexander gives excellent advice about everything from peaches to leeks, while tackling such questions as What do our gardens tell us about ourselves? Do we get the gardens we deserve? And why does the groundhog have to take one bite from half a dozen tomatoes when any gardener would gladly grant him six bites of just one?]]> 2006 2 1 false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 21:59:04 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 23:04:06 -0700 2009
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When Alexander decided to run a cost-benefit analysis, adding up everything from the Havahart animal trap ($60) to the Velcro tomato wraps ($5) to the steel edging ($1,200), then amortizing it over the life of his garden, it came as quite a shock to learn that it cost him a staggering $64 to grow each tomato.

A gardener with an existential bent, Alexander gives excellent advice about everything from peaches to leeks, while tackling such questions as What do our gardens tell us about ourselves? Do we get the gardens we deserve? And why does the groundhog have to take one bite from half a dozen tomatoes when any gardener would gladly grant him six bites of just one?]]> 2006 2 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Sep 19 06:51:20 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 06:54:56 -0700 2007 21824510 755141 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 3 1 false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 19:30:14 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 19:31:33 -0700 2008 40853373 1389365 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 2 0 false Wed Dec 24 15:48:39 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 23:23:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39612994 1537348 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 3 0 false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:59:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:38:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 59630660 334075 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 3 3 false Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:19:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:12:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67877284 64617 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 2 0 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:00:04 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 08:42:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47519260 1963669 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 3 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 25 14:03:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 09:16:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50476721 970363 86654 1565125576 9781565125575 215 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278m/86654.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171075278s/86654.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/86654.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 3.69 638 2006 3 0 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 20:53:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 10:27:56 -0700 2009
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