An illustrated guide to growing plentiful fruits and vegetables in the driest of American climates

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.

Two books in one . . . A tremendous reference tool you’ll use all year ’round!
Complete how-to-do-it guide

• Drip irrigation and watering
  How to prepare desert soil
• Which plant and tree varieties to choose
• Citrus: Watering, pruning, fertilizing
• 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

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