Category Archives: Okra

Okra, tomatoes, squash, cucumber 2026-06-10

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I’m afraid the few ripe tomatoes and the okra ready to eat never made it to the house. Something ate them; I can’t say what, although it was on two legs.

[Tomatoes]
Tomatoes

We’re eating yellow squash daily.

Should get cucumbers big enough to pick now that they’ve been thoroughly watered.

And the okra is starting to come in. Continue reading →

Okra flower and vegetable 2025-07-01

Ants open the blooms, and bees pollinate them.

Then we get okra pods.

[Okra bloom and pods]
Okra bloom and pods

Then we pick them and eat them.

No, we don’t know why the yellow leaves.

Also, some blooms don’t open and fall off.

Many snails lately; maybe that’s the problem.

-jsq

Okra, Squash, Scarecrow 2024-05-27

Update 2024-05-30: Blueberry Scacrecrow 2024-05-24.

Maybe the scarecrow will keep the critters off the okra and the yellow squash.

[Okra, squash, scarecrow]
Okra, squash, scarecrow

Also known as straightneck squash, the Abelmoschus esculentus is producing quite a bit.

The okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, hasn’t bloomed yet, but maybe it will soon.

Got a few more taters to dig, too, adding to the many we already dug.

-jsq