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Desert Gardening

by George Brookbank

1555610021
281 pages; softcover; Dimensions (in inches): 8.5 X 11

Desert gardening is different!

Wherever you live in the desert up to 3,500-feet elevation this guide is for you. Enjoy plentiful fruits and vegetables from your desert garden. Desert gardening expert George Brookbank will help you with your desert garden. A tremendous reference tool you'll use all year 'round!

1. Complete how-to-do-it guide
-Drip irrigation & watering
-How to prepare desert soil
-Which plant & tree varieties to choose
-Citrus: Watering, pruning, fertilizing

2. New varieties for favorites:
-Tomatoes Strawberries
-Grapes Melons
And the unusual:
-Low-chill apples
-Oriental Vegetables
-Yard-long beans

New chapters on Hydroponics and Alternatives to Poisonous Chemicals

3. Week-by-week desert calendar:
Learn how to work with the desert's short seasons, hot weather, insects and soils
-When to plant
-When to prune

Great for Arizona, California, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas.