Jack,
Thank you for the info!
I live just east of San Antonio.
My plan is to try and grow a bit of everything, Corn, tomatoes, several verities of peppers, cantaloupes, water melons, broccoli, lettuce, potatoes, carrots, squash, pumpkins, asparagus, spinach and anything else I can think of!.
I actually have some fruit trees along with some avocado trees that are doing well that I planted this year and should see fruit next season. These go along with the berries, black, raspberry and strawberries as well. The strawberries, I'm planning to try in all of the different growing areas, ( hugelkultur, permaculture and straw bale), to see which one does the best.
The problem besides the sandy conditions I am having right now is the gophers.
I will be permaculturing the original garden area for next season just hoping some of this will help me avoid, to a degree the rodents.
Chris