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Hi!
i live in increasingly drought-stricken New Mexico, but along the Northern Rio Grande river valley, luckily. (Zone 4/5.) Behind my house is a small Bosque (Woods) and S. of it is my neighbor's field, which she leases to a former Mexican-National. And twice a mo. when he irrigates his chile-patch, he ALWAYS over-waters and floods a qtr. of my-side. So, i've decided to make the best of it and therefore want to know: what Cash-Crops could i plant in the Shady & damp ground with leaf-mold 6" deep?? (besides Ginseng.)
Thanks!
a desert-gardener
PS: This copse does-have some gorgeous, Native-NM Wild Blue-Iris growing in it, but they're probably endangered, so can't sell them.
Could you grade your yard or put in trenches that would result in his watering your yard evenly, instead of flooding part of it?
If you have fancy-shamncy restaurants, baby-leaf lettuce and greens might be salable, and "New Mexico shade" might be like other regions' "mostly sunny".
Brassicas like moist soil, but they're cool season crops.
Or go to a farmers' market and see what gets good prices and needs water, but that not many people sell.
