Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, 2nd Edition: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles for Arizona, Nevada & New Mexico Gardens

Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is a must-have guide for every Southwestern gardener, providing detailed profiles of over 60 edible plants, information on soil preparation, starting seeds, fertilizer tips, and techniques for managing pests. It also includes helpful planting tips and garden maintenance advice to ensure a lush, productive, and high-yielding garden.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 08 February 2022
Publisher: Cool Springs Press

In this comprehensive and revised second edition of Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, you will discover invaluable advice and practical tips for cultivating an edible garden, regardless of your location in the southwestern United States. The Southwest region presents unique challenges for gardening, with its scorching hot summers and freezing winters, coupled with often arid conditions. Navigating these diverse soils and climate conditions can be daunting for gardeners, making this region-specific garden guide an essential tool for every southwestern gardener.

Renowned botanist Jacqueline Soule simplifies the complexities of gardening in the Southwest and serves as your guide to success. Whether you are nurturing an in-ground plot, a small container garden, or a series of raised beds, Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening is a invaluable resource. Within its pages, you will find:

Detailed profiles of over 60 edible plants that thrive in the region's distinctive growing conditions, encompassing favorites such as tomatoes, sweet potatoes, summer squash, hot peppers, and pomegranates, as well as popular herbs.

Comprehensive information on soil preparation, starting seeds, fertilizer tips, and other essential gardening techniques, tailored specifically for the Southwest.

Effective methods for managing the most troublesome vegetable garden pests, ensuring a healthy and productive garden.

Practical planting tips to keep you on track, ensuring successful harvests.

Valuable garden maintenance advice to maintain a lush, productive, and high-yielding garden.

Whether you are a novice gardener or an experienced Master Gardener, Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening offers modern varieties and well-researched gardening information that will empower you to go from seed to harvest with confidence and expertise.

This book is part of the regional Fruit & Vegetable Gardening series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes titles such as California Fruit & Vegetable Gardening and Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening.

Weight: 856g
Dimension: 204 x 254 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780760372715