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Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, 2nd Edition provides region-specific growing information for gardeners in the southwestern United States, including the best varieties for success, soil care tips, and pest control.
List of contents
Preface
Dedication
Acknowledgments
PART I GROWING EDIBLES IN THE SOUTHWEST
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
CHAPTER 1 The Southwest Region
CHAPTER 2 Seasonal Gardening
CHAPTER 3 Building Great Soil
CHAPTER 4 Planning & Planting Your Garden
CHAPTER 5 Growing Your Garden Garden Maintenance Activities
PART II FRUIT & VEGETABLE PROFILES
CHAPTER 6 Fruit & Nut Gardening
CHAPTER 7 Vegetable & Herb Gardening
Cool-Season Gardening Tips & Tricks
Cool-Season Greens
Cool-Season Herbs
Warm-Season Gardening Tips & Tricks
Warm-Season Greens
Warm-Season Herbs
Resources
Glossary
Index
Photo Credits
Meet Jacqueline A. Soule
About the author
Jacqueline A. Soule is a botanist and garden writer from Tucson. She has developed strong expertise as a gardener in the Southwest. As a garden writer, Soule has contributed more than a thousand gardening columns for local, regional, and national newspapers and magazines, and she has written or been the technical writer for numerous gardening books. Soule teamed up with the Tierra del Sol Institute to develop its Arizona Gardening Series, consisting of
Butterfly Gardening in Southern Arizona and
Success With Succulents. She is the author of
Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening (Cool Springs Press). When she’s not writing gardening columns or books, Soule is a speaker and educator, offering a wide array of plant-related workshops, classes, and other programs throughout southern Arizona, including through OASIS Tucson. She loves to landscape with plants that require as little care as possible. Many of the plants in her books were test grown in her own yard. Learn more about her work at gardeningwithsoule.com.
Summary
Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening, 2nd Edition provides region-specific growing information for gardeners in the southwestern United States, including the best varieties for success, soil care tips, and pest control.
