Book Evaluation of “Goodbye, My Subaru”

My hubby likes gardening and has dreams concerning having a huge plot of land and being a farmer. He drives me nuts, asking if he can keep worms on our second flooring apartment porch in La Jolla. My answer is no!

In the meantime, he gets his little square box in the church community yard. I’m not a nature girl but did locate a publication title that captured my eye in the collection. It was “Farewell, My Subaru”, created by Doug Fine. It caught my focus because that’s the brand of car I drive. The cover image was adorable, with a yard growing under the hood of the car.

Doug was previously a journalist who acquired a piece of land as a bachelor with the objective of settling and going environment-friendly all the way.

This publication was an entertaining, light-hearted read. His experiences started with car difficulty, a flash flooding, purchasing 2 goats and some chicks. The goats got into mischief yet he grew attached to them. He had to encourage the examiner that his residential property was a ranch. He moved on to attempting vegetable oil fuel, setting up solar panels and also a well, searching and also horticulture.

Just like lots of village stories, there were neighborhood personalities, including his hippie neighbor. Obviously, they saw him as the personality. He scared off the FedEx shipment male by putting on home-made body shield to eliminate off a rattlesnake. The citizens got a couple of chuckles from this newbie as they saw him get used to his new life. He needed to request for help as well as found out by trial and error. He at some point figured things out and also discovered love in the process.

Doug likes his new life as well as created this charming book about his journeys. He consisted of intriguing truths along the way with some stats. I still have no rate of interest in farming yet I’m sure if we moved to a town, I ‘d discover myself changing gradually. Initially, I ‘d probably appear like the woman from “Green Acres”.

Somehow, in centuries past, people endured without cell phones, computer systems and telephones. They lived off the land as well as were effective with their hands. They actually talked to each various other vocally and composed letters.

For garden enthusiasts, this is a fun read. There were a few swear words and adult themes in it so I would not offer it to youngsters however maybe an entertaining gift to provide.