Last year I started my first Nevada garden. I had high hopes, after all, my thumb nearly glowed green in Ohio. I’d pop a few seeds in the ground and soon I’d have the start of what would be a great garden. Not so in the high plain desert. I knew enough about gardening to understand that due to the dry climate, I would have to water the seeds more often—which I did. But still, my results were disastrous. Only a few of the seeds I tenderly laid in the soil came up. And if they did, they soon wilted under the abundant sunshine. I planted more seeds, still no luck. Rather than giving up, I tried again, using differing techniques, trying to understand the difference because it was more than just the lack of water. Water, water, water – Like I said, I knew I would have to water more than in my Midwest garden. But what I realized was I had to keep a regular watering schedule. The plants in this part of the country, because the soil doesn’t hold the water or it is evaporated