And even more OKRA !

[ashling]

[stuntcat]

1. mmmmmmm!

omg WANT :loveya:

My neighbors down the street are growing a bunch of it! I'm gonna try again next year.

[ashling]

2. start here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9804824
:hi:

[stuntcat]

3. I haven't eaten all day!

my stomach is growling sooo bad right now..

I have okra in the freezer, I will totally be cooking some tonight!! :headbang:

[texanwitch]

5. Okra will grow in any soil, the hotter the summer the better.

Good luck next year.

[stuntcat]

6. the one year I tried..

(TY, I will do it next year! I'm still a total newb in the garden.)

So my grandma used to grow okra, but I'd never paid attention to how she did it. Then when I tried it, I thought I was doing it right, this big piece of okra was growing.. but I didn't know when I was supposed to cut it, no one was around to tell me, so I thought I was growing the greatest okra ever in the world! If I'd cut the one stalk I bet a lot more would have grown, but instead I let this one piece grow, then finally cut it. And it was hard enough to build a house out of! I had to learn the hard way I guess :dunce:

[Lars39]

7. Smallish, up to mebbe 3" or so are the best, they're tender.

Anything much bigger than that is tough and chewy. :)

[texanwitch]

4. Hell, now I need to fry me some okra.

Okra, the king and queen of the garden plants.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Will you be pickling any of it?

The only thing I like better than fried okra is some good pickled okra--as far as okra goes, anyway.