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Informational Resources for Nevada Gardeners

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Nevada Cooperative Extension Service

• Extension Gardening Publications
• “Home Vegetable Production in Southern Nevada” (PDF)
• “Creating and Organic Garden in Southern Nevada” (PDF)

Recommended Books:

• “Month by Month Gardening in the Deserts of Nevada,” by Mary Irish. With this book, you’ll know what to do each month to have gardening success all year. When is the best time to plant trees and shrubs? Should I fertilize my lawn now? Is it time to prune my roses? What should I be doing in my garden this month? You’ll find the answers to these questions and much more inside. This easy-to-use book highlights each of the ten major plant categories using a monthly format. It guides you through each month of the year, telling you exactly what your garden needs. It is like having an expert in the garden with you all year long. Valuable hints are located throughout the book, and beautiful photographs will inspire you. Written just for gardeners where you live, you can be confident that the information is right for you-and your garden will show it.

• “Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles - Arizona, Nevada & New Mexico,” by Jacqueline Soule. The author shares her bountiful knowledge of edibles in general and the Southwest region in particular, equipping you with all the information you need to design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants throughout their life cycles, and – most importantly – harvest the delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Tucson suburbs, the New Mexico Bootheel, the Mojave Desert, or anywhere else in the southwestern tri-state area, you’ll discover the best fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful step-by-step how-to guide . . . and before you know it you’ll have delicious fresh fruits and vegetables on your table.

• “Nevada Gardener’s Guide,” by Linn Mills. This book contains easy-to-use advice on the top landscape plant choices. It also recommends specific varieties, and provides advice on how to plant, how to grow and how to care for the best plants.

• “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times,” by Steve Solomon (founder of the Territorial Seed Company and self-sufficiency advocate, he is currently homesteading in Tasmania). This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.

• “Fresh from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in Cold Climates,” by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs, right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!

Organizations:

• Nevada Garden Clubs
• Nevada Native Plant Society

Places to Visit:

• Gardens at the Springs Preserve – 333 S. Valley View Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89107
• Donald H. Baepler Xeric Garden ant the University of Nevada, Las Vegas – 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154
• Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden – Rancho San Rafael Park, 1595 N. Sierra, Reno, NV 89503

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