Written By Teresa Howell | A gardener in Nevada faces many challenges. Beautiful spring days coax fruit trees into bloom, just in time for a hard freeze to cancel the crop. In July and August, the sun sucks the juice out of the hardiest plants. Wind-borne sand strips paint off houses and leaves off plants. Drought and Mormon crickets get anything left. But Nevada gardeners can count on one thing--the purity of the soil. It’s either pure sand or pure clay, unless you’re lucky enough to … [Read more...]
