Book Review of “Farewell, My Subaru”

My partner enjoys gardening and also has dreams about owning a large plot of land and being a farmer. He drives me nuts, asking if he can maintain worms on our second flooring house balcony in La Jolla. My response is no!

In the meantime, he gets his little square box in the church neighborhood yard. I’m not a nature lady but did locate a publication title that captured my eye in the collection. It was “Goodbye, My Subaru”, composed by Doug Fine. It caught my interest since that’s the brand name of automobile I drive. The cover photo was adorable, with a garden expanding under the hood of the automobile.

Doug was previously a reporter that got a parcel as a bachelor with the intent of settling and also going green right.

This book was an amusing, light-hearted read. His adventures started with auto difficulty, a flash flood, acquiring two goats and also some chicks. The goats misbehaved yet he grew connected to them. He had to persuade the inspector that his home was a farm. He went on to attempting vegetable oil gas, installing solar panels as well as a well, searching and also horticulture.

As with many town stories, there were local personalities, including his hippie neighbor. Of course, they saw him as the character. He frightened the FedEx distribution man by putting on home-made body armor to combat off a rattlesnake. The citizens got a couple of laughes from this newbie as they enjoyed him get used to his new life. He had to request assistance and also found out by trial and error. He at some point figured things out as well as even discovered love in the process.

Doug enjoys his brand-new life and wrote this charming publication regarding his experiences. He consisted of fascinating realities along the way with some stats. I still have no interest in farming however I make certain if we moved to a town, I would certainly discover myself changing with time. At first, I ‘d probably resemble the woman from “Green Acres”.

In some way, in centuries past, individuals made it through without cellular phone, computers as well as telephones. They lived off the land as well as were productive with their hands. They really talked with each various other verbally as well as composed letters.

For garden fanatics, this is an enjoyable read. There were a few promise words and grown-up themes in it so I would not provide it to kids but it could be an entertaining present to give.