About this item
There is nothing more regionally specific than vegetable gardeningwhat to plant, when to plant it, and when to harvest are decisions based on climate, weather, and first frost. The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southwest, by regional expert Trisha Shirey, focuses on the unique eccentricities of the Southwest gardening calendar, which include extreme temperatures and low rainfall. The month-by-month format makes it perfect for beginners and accessible to everyone gardeners can start gardening the month they pick it up. This hardworking book also profiles the best fifty vegetables, fruits, and herbs for the region, along with basic care and maintenance for each. For home gardeners in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, eastern California, and southern Colorado.
About the Author
Trisha Shirey is a native Texan who who developed her love of gardening while assisting in her family's large vegetable garden. For over thirty years, she has managed the renowned lakeside gardens of Lake Austin Spa Resort in Austin, TX. Herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, edible flowers and native plants fill the 19 acre site and inspire the resort's guests to start their own gardens and to manage them organically. The gardens supply not only the resort's world class kitchens, but also provide herbs for spa treatments and supply a bounty of products for the craft classes that Trisha presents to the resort's guests. Her weekly garden tours are a highlight of many guest's stays. Garden Design magazine included the 19 acre property in their Top Ten Best Spa Gardens in the World.Trisha shares garden tips and techniques on "The Central Texas Gardener" on KLRU, a PBS affiliate. She is also a frequent speaker at garden clubs, Master Gardener events and gardening radio programs and she enjoys coaching beginning gardeners. Canning, drying and freezing garden produce, composting and creative culinary uses of her garden bounty keep her occupied in her Austin, Texas home, despite the assistance of her herd of rescued animals.
