Picked today. Want some?
No pesticides came anywhere near this okra.
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Ants open the blooms, and bees pollinate them.
Then we get okra 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.
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Only a day from the first tiny okra seen until one was ready to eat.
Tiny okra just started 2025-05-17
And another day to get two okra to eat. Continue reading
Maybe finally we’ll get some okra.
The scarecrow seems to be keeping the critters out.
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Always good to see the first flower of the bananas.
Gretchen and the first banana bloom of the year
Bananas are not trees, you know. They are very large bulbs.
Gretchen has several varieties of bananas.
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Update 2024-05-30: Blueberry Scacrecrow 2024-05-24.
Maybe the scarecrow will keep the critters off the okra and the yellow squash.
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.
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