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.
January through February is our short window to plant potatoes in Florida. Since most of the country plants much later than we do, look for sets available locally, or make sure your order will arrive on time. In January, plant arugula, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, fava beans, kohlrabi, mustard, onions, peas (English and sugar snap), potatoes, radishes, Swiss chard and turnips. Ring in the new year with flavor by planting anise hyssop, burnet, chives, cilantro, garlic, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, sage and thyme. January annuals will cheer your winter days. Plant alyssum, babyâs breath, calendula, California poppy, carnations, delphiniums, dianthus, foxgloves, ornamental kale/cabbage, pansy, petunia, shasta daisy, snapdragons, sweet pea, verbena and viola. Bulbs, tubers or rhizomes start to look toward spring this month.