false 89620 6 A few years back, escaping the sound and fury of New York, Richard Goodman moved to a small southern French farming town he calls by the alias St. Sebastian de Caisson, everything about which "suggests the uneventful, and the eternal." There Goodman found a tiny plot of streamside land and set about raising a copious vegetable garden, about as uneventful an event as a seasoned New Yorker is likely to experience. He writes lovingly of tilling the soil and watching his lettuce, tomatoes, and leeks spring from the ground, but at heart his book is about the generous people he met during his stay and what they have to say about life on the land. Armchair travelers, gardeners, and small-scale farmers alike will enjoy his charming memoir. 86496 1991 French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France total:93|5:16|4:33|3:35|2:6|1:3| 93 332 124 27 3 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:24:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 11:27:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 04:30:45 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 04:34:05 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat May 16 22:04:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 22:25:27 -0700 2009 “I would crouch down on one knee, thrust my hand shovel in and turn the earth up and over, revealing its darker, humid underside. Then I would crum...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:13:52 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 09:39:51 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 03:59:25 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:07:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 12 10:26:32 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 10:27:53 -0700 2009 once 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:11:46 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:12:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 10:25:10 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 06:18:22 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 19:45:43 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 19:50:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 true false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 03 11:31:14 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 17 15:43:48 -0700 2009 1
I did like the gentle characterizations of the French ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 08 10:01:54 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 10:01:54 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 10 09:08:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 16:18:13 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Aug 02 09:28:23 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 13:22:08 -0700 2007
The author has trouble engaging with the locals until... until he decides to grow a garden.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon May 05 21:45:39 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 21:47:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Sep 16 16:08:36 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 16:09:25 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:43:35 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 08:26:21 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 14 14:09:19 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 14:10:03 -0700 2008 Watchmen by Alan Moore and David Gibbons ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Feb 20 12:04:52 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 12:06:08 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 12:04:09 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 07:15:48 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Sep 12 06:03:12 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 20 06:51:20 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=89620