This is what happens

[J-man]

…when you go away for week of vacation (the fork by the sink is for scale), the bucket is filled with that from just one of my four raised beds:

 

[The Sound Guy]

Are they still eatable? I had plant one year and they got hard when they got that big.

 

[MudFlap]

[ and they got hard when they got that big.

 

[Far West]

... and they got hard when they got that big.


That's what she said....

 

[Guard Dad]

Well, this thread went downhill quickly.

 

[MudFlap]

Well, this thread went downhill quickly.

 

[J-man]

Instead of using them for fried okra I canned them and will use them in soups and gumbo. I don't normally like them this size (insert joke here) but I hate to let them go to waste. I already have enough dried seed for next year (insert 2nd joke here).

Got 14 quarts total.

 

[J-man]

This is half of them. Oldest J-daughter has the other 7 qts.

 

[Paxilpapa]

Did you put any jalapeno's or habanero's in with them ??

 

[J-man]

Did you put any jalapeno's or habanero's in with them ??

Nope, none of my pepper plants survived. I planted jalapeño. Habanero, ghost, Carolina reaper, cayenne, banana, and green peppers but got nodda.

 

[The Sound Guy]

My one Jalapeno went crazy, lots of peppers and the three bells did pretty well. Tomato vines are now nearly 12' long!

 

[MudFlap]

We actually have a garden here in Scottsdale.

It's interesting and challenging, to grow anything when it's 110 degrees for six weeks straight.

We have two peach trees that are pretty awesome.
Peppers do well too.

My CornBread Tree has had issues. ( I like CornBread. )

 

[cptlo]

Okra is nasty. I can't stand it no matter how it is cooked.

 

[Boss 302]

Okra is nasty. I can't stand it no matter how it is cooked.

I agree. I can't stand them or black eye peas.

 

[Guard Dad]

Okra is nasty. I can't stand it no matter how it is cooked.

My dad made me pick okra when I was a kid. Made me itch like crazy! I decided then that putting that stuff inside our bodies can't be good for you.

 

[cptlo]

I agree. I can't stand them or black eye peas.

You don't like black eye peas?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! How can anyone not like black eye peas!?!?!?!?!

 

[Boss 302]

You don't like black eye peas?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! How can anyone not like black eye peas!?!?!?!?!

The same way you don't like okra. I don't like liver, either.

 

[J-man]

Okra is nasty. I can't stand it no matter how it is cooked.

You ain’t really from round here are you?

 

[J-man]

My dad made me pick okra when I was a kid. Made me itch like crazy! I decided then that putting that stuff inside our bodies can't be good for you.

Only men can pick okra in short pants, t-shirt, and flip flops (crocs). Nothing to it.