Aloe vera , yucca, prickley pear cactus . possibly carobe, locust beans, cabbage family , sunflowers ,cotton.

Mentioning aloe vera and yucca as vegetables makes me curious. I have never eatten either, but grow both for medicinal and ornamental value. Could you elaborate on how to prepare or fix dishes with these foods?

I believe the aloe vera juice is mixed with a liquid and used as a drink it is sold in healthfood stores and was a flavor in "this county's best yogurt" or mixed with yogurt for flavor . The root of the yucca plant is sold at stop and shop as a root crop I believe it is pealed and boiled as a potatoe .

Native seeds search sells a lot of them . Including : desert chia , tepary beans , others . find them at : www.nativeseeds.org

Use short season vegetables. Plant as early as you can, provide shade for the plants, plant as late in the season as possible. Do not expect to plant things in May or June. Start your plants indoors and transplant.

You may want to try "Hopi pink corn" (70 days) it does best in all drought tests ans is sold by native seeds search of Tucson AZ . You might want to try some and breed some in to your strains.

You may want to try "Hopi pink corn" (70 days) it does best in all drought tests and is sold by native seeds search of Tucson AZ . You might want to try some and breed some in to your strains.
The carobe tree and sunflowers are drought tolerant .