The Chihuahuan Desert, long a corridor for trade between Mexico City and Santa Fe, New Mexico, is now home to five million people. The Rio Grande basin covers 172,000 square miles, crossing three U.S. states, more than a dozen Native American nations and five Mexican states.
Plant Answers. PLANT: March is a month to plant the gardener's favorite vegetables such as tomatoes, sweet corn and snap beans and pepper as well as cucumbers, lima or butter beans, cantaloupe, okra (if the soil has warmed sufficiently --70 degrees F. or higher), southern peas, pumpkin, squash, peanuts and watermelon.
What Vegetables to Harvest in June. Early sown salad crops can be enjoyed this month and early potatoes should be ready. Don't lift more than you need for any one-day, as their lovely fresh flavour is soon lost. Japanese onions planted out last autumn will be ready-again, only take what you need for one day.