As long as you protect them if the temperature gets too low, you can plant almost any basic vegetable. A raised garden can be the best because then you are using a better soil than what we have here in the desert. Winter squash is a nice vegetable to grow here as well.
Th indians aways had corn, squash, beans...the best beans and chilies are desert plants anyway :) enjoy! Try nott o add too much stuff to your soil and don't overwater it...make an irrigation trough through your rows or use containers for gardening...watch out for the rabbits thy and the javelina a sometimes even skunk will eat it up ifyou are IN the desert/if you are in the city you'll be cool.
Tomatoes,Peppers,Corn,Cacti,almost anything as long as you water them. ,and have good soil mixed with compost and fertilizer.
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