Okra pictures for Kato.....

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:10 pm Post subject: Okra pictures for Kato.....

Been meanin to take some pictures...but kept leavin the camera at home. Been a while since ya'll seen any garden pictures LOL

Okra's the only thing left now. Besides a few late tomatoes that I noticed yesterday.
I'm 5ft 4in tall.....and this is how much taller the okra is than me.

Okra blooms are really pretty too.

They bloom in the morning....then close up mid afternoon.

The next day the bloom has fallen off....and you have a baby okra pod.

One of my lil buddies that seems to be there every day when I go pick.

Pickled okra....yummmmm!!!

Okra cut up and canned for frying later. This is the first year I've ever tried this. Freezin it didn't work. Tasted like the freezer. So I did a few jars of this a couple weeks ago. Fried some of it last night and it tastes just like freshed picked. So I put up a few more jars of it today.
(Hafta leave em upside down for 2 days)

Mike · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:17 pm Post subject:

It can be frozen if breaded and put in vacuum bags. Will last nearly a year.

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject:

I've just never had any luck freezin it. So finally just gave up....then found the recipe to do it this way in the Farmer's Almanac.

Big Muddy rancher · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject:

With out you in the picture we can't tell how that that Okra is, you might have been laying on your back. Wink

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject:

Haha Big muddy.....down here you don't lay on the ground....ever!!!!! Daggum fire ants will gitcha!

Kato · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:11 am Post subject:

Thanks for posting those!

The flowers remind me of poppies. I assume they are a very productive plant. You just don't see them here.

katrina · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:41 am Post subject:

I'm 5ft 4in tall.....and this is how much taller the okra is than me.

Sureeeee Lilly.......... Looks like hemp to me!! LOL Very Happy

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:38 am Post subject:

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:42 am Post subject:

LOL I googled to see if the plants are related.....didn't find anything on that but...did find this...

"War on Okra"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/766790/posts

Clarencen · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:05 am Post subject:

Lets see, No, I don't believe okra is related to hemp. Some of our native range plants are related to okra and cotton. I would have to look it up, but I believe it is the mallows. Would also be related to the Hollyhock.

katrina · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:31 am Post subject:

the_jersey_lilly_2000 · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:41 am Post subject:

LOL Katrina...you just don't know what's good!!!!

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