Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden. - Page 42

Rajun Gardener · August 17, 2017

Ya'll doing that okra picking all wrong. I pick every other day and sometimes I let it go 3 days. When I pick I pick any that's 4" or longer, that way I get a mix of sizes to cut up and I boil the small ones to eat with lunch/supper. I'm growing Fife Creek Cowhorn that is soft at longer lengths so if your okra gets hard shorter then pick them smaller.

You can slice, bread it, lay it on a cookie sheet to freeze then put in a gallon bag to fry later and they last a few months, I prefer to cut them about 1.5" long to fry. I don't want small sliced okra where it's mostly just breading. I also cut it and freeze in gallon bags and when I have 6 gallons I smother it down in the oven, freeze in quart bags to use in gumbo or as a side dish. Smothered okra is awesome either as a side dish or smothered with fresh shrimp or crawfish served over rice.

Worth1 · August 17, 2017

That is how I pick it too.
Like today I'm not picking okra but I could.
But I will have to tomorrow for sure.
Worth

Worth1 · August 18, 2017

((((And))) I just got through picking another arm load of okra.

Now I can take a shower after working all day in the heat.

Good thing I like gumbo.

Worth

Rajun Gardener · August 18, 2017

I cooked a gumbo yesterday, even in this heat it's good but you need A/C and don't go out in this heat after eating. I used a pack of smoked turkey wings for a smoke/ham flavor, 6 links of chicken sausage and a whole chicken. It served 11 people and I still have some leftovers and we all know a gumbo is better after sitting.

I don't know if you smother the okra but you should try it and that the method to use to make okra gumbo.

Worth1 · August 18, 2017

What do you mean by smothering the okra.
I am in wire pulling, barking orders and splicing mode now and not cooking.

Worth1 · August 18, 2017

Okay I got it that is the way I cook all the time.

Must be the heat and exhaustion.

I feel smothered.

Worth

Worth1 · August 21, 2017

Will be saving okra seeds from what I am calling steroid okra plants.

Nothing in particular about them to cause the stalks to be so huge compared to the others.
They even have bark.

The okra was planted too close and most didn't get as fat but one or two did.
Don't know if it was luck or genetics.
I really think okra needs to be planted at least two feet apart if not three in long rows.

Worth

Worth1 · August 26, 2017

I was asked by someone here some time ago what I would do with the no drain tubs if it came flooding rains.
Well I went out in the storm and opened the flood gates.

MichelleInWASt · August 26, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

I was asked by someone here some time ago what I would do with the no drain tubs if it came flooding rains.
Well I went out in the storm and opened the flood gates.

Those are the stock tanks with clear "gauge" tubes, right? I still find those fascinating and so ingenious.

How are you and Smokey holding up? (Really hoping you've thought better of that going-to-work-today madness!)

Father'sDaughter · August 26, 2017

Hopefully your tubs don't turn into boats and float away!!!

Worth1 · August 26, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichelleInWASt

Those are the stock tanks with clear "gauge" tubes, right? I still find those fascinating and so ingenious.

How are you and Smokey holding up? (Really hoping you've thought better of that going-to-work-today madness!)

The boss texted me this morning at 5 AM and chickened out.

It was just going to be he and I all outside work in the mud.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

Hopefully your tubs don't turn into boats and float away!!!

Just went out and looked they are still there.
This morning they were flooded so I dropped the tubes.
It has been raining all day and they are as happy as a clam.

This is one of the best ideas I have had in a coons age.
The only problem is my fault I have neglected to use a granular fertilizer like you would in an earth box.

Worth

Worth1 · September 5, 2017

When do you harvest sweet potatoes when you live in an area the vines may never die?

Gardeneer · September 5, 2017

I think you can harvest mature ones anytime.
Over here sweet potato is a commercial crop. Last year they were harvesting some time in November.

Worth1 · September 9, 2017

My ghost pepper plants have recovered from the deer attack and even the so called mule plant has blooms on it.
Did I mention the deer attack, yes she did she ate one back big time peppers and all some time ago.
The good news is the neighbor lady has stopped feeding the deer and I can tell.
Maybe I will be eating deer meat this fall when season starts.

Worth

Worth1 · September 16, 2017

Got around to getting a big bag of 13-13-13 and fertilized the tubs.
This should kick the plants in the rear and send them off to growing.
The MG blue alone just wasn't getting it.

September 5, 2017	#628
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,909	I think you can harvest mature ones anytime. Over here sweet potato is a commercial crop. Last year they were harvesting some time in November. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

August 17, 2017	#616
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	Ya'll doing that okra picking all wrong. I pick every other day and sometimes I let it go 3 days. When I pick I pick any that's 4" or longer, that way I get a mix of sizes to cut up and I boil the small ones to eat with lunch/supper. I'm growing Fife Creek Cowhorn that is soft at longer lengths so if your okra gets hard shorter then pick them smaller. You can slice, bread it, lay it on a cookie sheet to freeze then put in a gallon bag to fry later and they last a few months, I prefer to cut them about 1.5" long to fry. I don't want small sliced okra where it's mostly just breading. I also cut it and freeze in gallon bags and when I have 6 gallons I smother it down in the oven, freeze in quart bags to use in gumbo or as a side dish. Smothered okra is awesome either as a side dish or smothered with fresh shrimp or crawfish served over rice.

August 17, 2017	#617
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	That is how I pick it too. Like today I'm not picking okra but I could. But I will have to tomorrow for sure. Worth

August 18, 2017	#618
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	((((And))) I just got through picking another arm load of okra. Now I can take a shower after working all day in the heat. Good thing I like gumbo. Worth

August 18, 2017	#619
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	I cooked a gumbo yesterday, even in this heat it's good but you need A/C and don't go out in this heat after eating. I used a pack of smoked turkey wings for a smoke/ham flavor, 6 links of chicken sausage and a whole chicken. It served 11 people and I still have some leftovers and we all know a gumbo is better after sitting. I don't know if you smother the okra but you should try it and that the method to use to make okra gumbo.

August 18, 2017	#620
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	What do you mean by smothering the okra. I am in wire pulling, barking orders and splicing mode now and not cooking.

August 18, 2017	#621
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Okay I got it that is the way I cook all the time. Must be the heat and exhaustion. I feel smothered. Worth

August 21, 2017	#622
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Will be saving okra seeds from what I am calling steroid okra plants. Nothing in particular about them to cause the stalks to be so huge compared to the others. They even have bark. The okra was planted too close and most didn't get as fat but one or two did. Don't know if it was luck or genetics. I really think okra needs to be planted at least two feet apart if not three in long rows. Worth

August 26, 2017	#623
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I was asked by someone here some time ago what I would do with the no drain tubs if it came flooding rains. Well I went out in the storm and opened the flood gates.

August 26, 2017	#625
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,917	Hopefully your tubs don't turn into boats and float away!!!

September 5, 2017	#627
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	When do you harvest sweet potatoes when you live in an area the vines may never die?

September 9, 2017	#629
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	My ghost pepper plants have recovered from the deer attack and even the so called mule plant has blooms on it. Did I mention the deer attack, yes she did she ate one back big time peppers and all some time ago. The good news is the neighbor lady has stopped feeding the deer and I can tell. Maybe I will be eating deer meat this fall when season starts. Worth

September 16, 2017	#630
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Got around to getting a big bag of 13-13-13 and fertilized the tubs. This should kick the plants in the rear and send them off to growing. The MG blue alone just wasn't getting it.