It is absolutely amazing the amount of indigenous cultivated and wild foods that are available to those seeking the knowledge of the Sonoran Desert secrets. Not only did the Native Peoples grow and harvest food for cooking and medicinal herbs, but also plants for use as containers, rattles, utensils, basketry materials, and fibers.
O'odham farms grow huun, a corn that fully matures within 60 days, and bav, a very high in protein bean also known as the Tepary. With the sharing of their seeds and knowledge, huun has been grownn as far away as the Artic Circle, where a Norwegian researcher was searching for a short growing season corn. Tepary beans are now generating high yields to feed people in Australia and Africa.
What to plant:
Corn
Beans
Squash
Amaranth
Chiles
Devil's Claw
Cotton
Gourds
Melons
Sunflowers
Cilantro
Mexican Tarragon
Mexican Oregano
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