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.
Stiffneck garlic can be planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. Garlic makes a good companion plant to your summer vegetables because it repels many insects that feed on vegetables. You can leave the garlic bulbs in the ground for several seasons and use garlic flowers in cooking as well.arieties of cabbage grow throughout the world, and the vegetable is incorporated into dishes from many cultures. Plant cabbage one-quarter to one-half inch deep in midsummer for harvesting in the fall. Harvest before the cabbage heads can split open.