This elegantly written, abundantly useful book offers gardening lovers the perfect marriage of theory and practice. Roger B. Swain, host of PBS's popular series The Victory Garden, combines his substantial experience as a gardener with his background as a biologist to tell us how to calculate the hours of sunlight a plot will get, how to keep raccoons out of sweet corn, and the best way to make up for a short rainfall, among other topics. Novice and experienced gardeners alike will welcome his book both as a practical tool and as an irrepressible appreciation of the craft.