Okra, Okra And More Okra
The one thing that stands the Texas heat and laughs is the Okra, when all else has shriveled and wilted the okra keeps on chugging. It has been way hot this last week and no real rain for about three weeks so everything is mighty dry, all except for the you know what…that’s right, the okra. it is just starting to really churn out the pods like mad, we are getting about 2 five gallon buckets a day now! OK, OK I might have over done it this year on the okra, with three rows of about 50 feet each, but we all like it around here, fried, in gumbo, pickled, heck you name it we like it, and our friends like it to, so it doesn’t go to waste! And if we don’t eat it all the pigs and goats like it too, they get it raw though! hehehe …
Yea so I over did it but using the Earthway Garden Seeder, over seeding is a breeze lol! So next year maybe i’ll cut it down to two rows, or maybe not!
In this picture you can see down the length of the rows, I’m about to the end of the rows, for some reason the three plants on each row are a little shorter, must have gotten a slow start.
The okra plant is in the hibiscus family and they have a stunning pale yellow flower with a dark purple ring at the base of the petal, they bloom mostly in the morning.
After a day the blossom shrivels and falls off leaving a small green nub, This is the beginning of the seed pod, the edible part!
In this photo you can see the maturing pods as well as the flower that has closed up and will fall off soon. The pods will keep forming until the frost gets the plant, or you let them just go to seed, more for next year!!
Watermelon, another heat lover!
Just a quick note on the watermelon, it digs the heat too, I you can keep the chickens off of them!
Well that’s it for now, we’ve been busy with the garden and the canning lately, and the fall garden starts soon, I’ll keep you posted.
see ya soon
