My Empire of Dirt : How One Man Turned His Big-City Backyard into a Farm (Hardcover)

from KatelynShesConnected

I absolutely hated this book. The author had no idea how to care for livestock before acquiring living things and mistreated his animals.

from WinstonDog

not a good book for anyone that loves a living thing or cares about the food they grow. Manny Howard is the gardner that every gardner dreads might be out there. Not a fish out of water story- that could be good. This story is told with too much unneccessary violence, glorifing ignorance, bad pla...

from 2wonderY

Mr. Howard might have thought he was being entertaining with his misadventures, but he's mistaken. There is entirely too much reportage of his marital life and his unsuccessful attempts at purchasing starter tilapia. The fact that he changed his entire life in order to write a magazine article is...

from stacyinthecity

I had such mixed thoughts about this book. I picked it up from the library after seeing his interview on the Colbert Report. The interview was hilarious and I loved Manny Howard's deadpan humor. The book was much the same, only with many more incidents of animal cruelty, which is why I have the m...

from maybedog

I just saw this guy on the Colbert Report talking about his book and he was so funny even Stephen couldn't keep a straight face. I can't wait to read it!