Desert gardening is different! Wherever you live in the desertup to 3,500-feet elevationthis 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.