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.
Vegetable and Herb Seeds. Winter is growing season for a large number of common vegetables, including artichokes, beans, beets, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, corn, potatoes, lettuces, peas and spinach. Literally hundreds of different herbs exist, and many of them flourish during the colder months.