Do You Have A Garden ... What Cha Got Planted ?

[Txcowboy52]

Tomatoes, onions, yellow squash, eggplant, okra, asparagus, brussel sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, and lots of sweet and hot peppers!!

[Scrounge]

Let me send you some Okra seed to grow ... nothing kills okra ... not even the "Black Thumb" .
If you can't grow Okra ... then you are for shure cursed by the Gardening Gods .
PM me a mailing address ... I'll send them ...

Have Okra - Will Send
PM Gary
Baton Rouge

Okra is ok for animal food. If I hate the animals. I appreciate the offer, but I'm gonna hafta decline!

SWMBO likes it, for some strange reason, but has never asked if we could try to grow some. And she hasn't ordered any foods with okra since the younger two kids moved out. I guess I'll relay the offer to her, and see if she has other instruction for me. I'll get back to ya on that!

Bill

[Butzbach]

3 newly built 4' x 8' beds. TOMATOES: Cherokee Purple, Homestead, Husky (cherry), Sweet 100s (cherry). SQUASH: Yellow & Zucchini. CUCUMBERS: Straight 8. PEPPERS: Jalapeno & Marconi.

[gwpercle]

Farmerjim ,
Flamingo Pepper ... thanks for the heads up , looks like improved Gypsy pepper and should be great for pickling , cooking and ...Stuffing ! Stuffed peppers are my favorite !

The weather has been extra hard on you Farmers ...rain and freeze and all ...
Picked Tomatoes 3 days ago ... My Hat is Off to You ... You Real Farmers Amaze Me !
Gary

[Gewehr-Guy]

Just tilled the garden, and it is plenty dry. Planted some onion sets, radishes, kohlrabi, and spinach. Maybe plant some potatoes tomorrow, I know its late.

Question, I also replanted some carrots that were in storage, is that how they will go to seed ? I would like to start saving more of my own seed, and not sure if there are any special ways to get them to set seed before stuff freezes in the fall.

[Thundarstick]

I'm a little late to this party, but got the garden started early. Eating spring onions, spinach, and lettuce. Have egg plants, tomatoes, hot and bell peppers, red okra, and roma green beans in the ground. I've got peaches, plums, and pears on the trees. The blackberries are blooming and the chestnuts won't be far behind. It's looking like a busy summer around here!

[curdog]

Tomatoes, peppers, bell and jalapeno, yellow squash and zucchini and okra, cucumbers. FRied okra, chicken and okra and okra gumbo is hard to beat. Lots of garlic in it...............Curdog

[gwpercle]

Tomatoes, peppers, bell and jalapeno, yellow squash and zucchini and okra, cucumbers. FRied okra, chicken and okra and okra gumbo is hard to beat. Lots of garlic in it...............Curdog

I was wondering how the heck do you grow heat loving Okra in Illinois ... then I saw it ...
... Southern Illinois ... that explains everything !

I got the fried okra and okra Gumbo recipes down ... Tell me about your Chicken and Okra Recipe !
I don't have that one and it sounds good ... Post It !
Gary

[country gent]

Here a garden does very well growing coon,woodchucks,rabbits,deer and other critters

[curdog]

I dont really have a recipe but here you go. I cut up some chicken breast and brown them in a cast iron skillet with olive oil, then add some garlic,onions and bell peppers and okra and three cans of rotel tomatoes or whatever tomatoes you got.I add a little water to cook down all the veggies and season with Tonys cajun seasoning and black pepper. Cook it down long enough to get the slick off the okra. I eat it over rice and with a thin crunchy cornbread. I think it is very tasty........................Curdog Gary here you go.

[Thundarstick]

I dont really have a recipe but here you go. I cut up some chicken breast and brown them in a cast iron skillet with olive oil, then add some garlic,onions and bell peppers and okra and three cans of rotel tomatoes or whatever tomatoes you got.I add a little water to cook down all the veggies and season with Tonys cajun seasoning and black pepper. Cook it down long enough to get the slick off the okra. I eat it over rice and with a thin crunchy cornbread. I think it is very tasty........................Curdog Gary here you go.

There ya go. Smothered okra with chicken!

[Thundarstick]

curdog I'm going to give you a little twist to try next time.

Take your skillet and oil, this time fry the okra (no coating, just raw okra) very brown till you no longer see the slime strands, then add the tomatoes, other ingredients you listed, cooked chicken and chicken broth. I'd make it soupy and add some dark roux to thicken it up!

Just a thought.

[farmerjim]

I don't know where you are located. I have had carrots overwinter in Montreal Canada and the ones not found and harvested did go to seed. ( carrots are a biannual ) I could harvest my carrots during the winter because the 2 feet of snow kept the ground from freezing. I am now in South Louisiana, I have had carrots lost and left in the ground go to seed the second year. I have never replanted a carrot to get seed so I am not sure, but my guess would be yes they will. They make a beautiful flower. (Queen Anne's lace the wild carrot) Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

[curdog]

Thundarstick, Thats a very good idea I will do that next time, thanks..................Curdog

[Wayne Smith]

Don't have a lot of room for a garden - but we have a cucumber, peppers, green beans, lettuce and spinach, and eggplants all in the ground. Have blueberries for 27 years and obviously well established and Jerusalem Artichokes, which have nothing to do with Jerusalem and are in no way relate to artichokes - they are actually a sunflower. Also sage, rosemary, mint, oregano, and three types of thyme growing.

Along with iris, day lilies, Chinese lilies, two colors of Lenten rose, Virginia bluebells, white bells, etc. Around here everybody has azaleas - Norfolk has the Azalea Festival every year.

[Lloyd Smale]

no time this year. building a new house

[bluebird66]

Just getting started on mine.

[gwpercle]

I dont really have a recipe but here you go. I cut up some chicken breast and brown them in a cast iron skillet with olive oil, then add some garlic,onions and bell peppers and okra and three cans of rotel tomatoes or whatever tomatoes you got.I add a little water to cook down all the veggies and season with Tonys cajun seasoning and black pepper. Cook it down long enough to get the slick off the okra. I eat it over rice and with a thin crunchy cornbread. I think it is very tasty........................Curdog Gary here you go.

Got It ! and thanks ... I'm always on the lookout for easy and good recipes and those with okra is a bonus . It's easy to grow (my freezer is loaded) but not high on people's recipe list .
I like Thundarstick's cooking suggestions , a little dark roux always adds to the taste also and the name "smothered okra with chicken".
Thanks !

Curdog , My wife is mailing your seeds today , watch for them .
Gary

[curdog]

Thank You Gary I appreciate it and will get them planted as soon as it dries up................Curdog

[memtb]

gwpercle, We’re a little behind you on planting times! 40 F this morning! 😉 But, will soon be planting some lettuces, mustard greens, potatoes, onions (green and sweet), a couple different beans, broccoli, corn, Bell Peppers, Egg plant, Beets, cantaloupe, zucchini, watermelon, and in about 6 weeks some tomatoes! Hoping to establish a new bed for Strawberries and Asparagus!

I’m envious of your Okra.....tried several times with no success!

I really miss the great gardening opportunities of the Zachary area.....but, I’ll take our murder/crime rate over that of the Baton Rouge any day. I just wish that my kids would get out while the “gitt’ns good”! memtb