Welcome to a year in the life of Alfalfa, a small town in middle- America, a farm community where you will meet.... Hilbert TeBrake, who is convinced this is the year he will finally beat Earlie Prior in the giant cauliflower championship at the Alfalfa Fair.... VanderLeek, Lubbers and Klop, three frugal farmers who together buy a boar named Wild Oats, then devise an ingenious plan to breed their own sows - but only on Sundays.... Robert Meyer the town photographer, a bachelor and the best friend a bride ever had.... Dorothy DeHeer, a pastor's wife who dreams of a rendezvous in the Cayman Islands with a secret lover...Stories and characters which will remind the reader of Garrison Keilor.