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.
View full sizePhoto providedMany vegetables grow better in cooler weather. While many backyard gardeners are picking what they think is the last of their summer crops, August is the perfect month to plant cool-weather crops such as spinach, kale and broccoli. Joan Casanova, spokeswoman for Bonnie Plants, said there is still plenty of time for a second season of gardening.