People with Dirty Hands : The Passion for Gardening

Rating:
Summary: Freaky gardeners grow the best crops
Review: What drives some people to obsess about their tomato plants so much that you wonder if they need a straightjacket as much as
a nice gardening hat? Author Robin Chotzinoff went in search of eccentric gardeners who do more than grow veggies, flowers
and herbs - they show us how magical a patch of dirt can be. In People With Dirty Hands, read about the Texas Rose
Rustlers who find old roses growing in the oddest places (like graveyards), propagate them and then sell the flowers to people
who aren't interested in raising genetically-altered blossoms. This book also has tales about ladybug farmers, big city manure
delivery folks and more. (...)