Opium Poppy Garden: The Way of a Chinese Grower

A quirky little book that combines fact and fiction. A lovely short story followed by interesting factual details.

A great way to begin gerdening especially for the youngsters out there.

The font color used in the book is grayish/checkered ink instead of plain black characters as it should be. Published on demand? Small scale printing? But price is not cheap. Checkered fonts diminish the pleasure to read the book (it strains the eyes), makes book cheap looking- beside the fact that the book is thin and also softbound.Part of the book provides an original perspective: the perspective of a hard working grower who struggles for a living/feed his family. The migrating grower's story is a bit slow/long but one can not complain that it can not be understood! Interesting details on optimizing milking by careful cutting of the surface vessels, etc. Then follows more scientific info.in summary it provides info not found elsewhere. For the curious anthropologist or to increase general knowledge.Published by Ronin Publishing of Berkeley CA : 'Books for Independent Minds'.Unique PDF catalog online.[...]

Awesome read, lots of great info told with a great story about a young man learning how his ancestors grew and respected the land and ways of past generations.

I bought this book thinking I would get tips on how to start a field of poppies. This was an entertaining book about one mans life as a poppy farmer. No helpful hints about growing poppies. I did enjoy the book but was not what I was wanting so I only gave it three stars. I hope this was a helpful review.