Learning to identify vegetables and their colours as a child was so simple. Tomatoes are red, peppers are green, eggplant is purple and an orange is… orange! Growing up, I was quick to notice any ...

BURGUNDY OKRA grows in the garden. The pods should be harvested when they are 3 to 5 inches long and tender. Introduced to the South with the slave trade, okra has become a huge part of Southern ...

Okra has never become a familiar vegetable here in the northern part of our country, but of course it is a staple in the American deep south. The pods of many types of okra are prickly on the outside, ...

Searching for a crop that can double as an edible and an ornamental? Okra is an unlikely but great choice to bring edible color to the garden. Green okra pods are common and the flowers are attractive ...

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), native to Africa and related to hibiscus, arrived in North America in the 1600s. This edible green seed pods quickly became popular in the Deep South as both a side dish ...

One of the most common questions we receive is where to find seeds of a certain fruit, vegetable, herb or flower in their city. More often than not, the seeds are usually available in local gardening ...

Introduced to the South with the slave trade, okra has become a huge part of Southern culture. It has been used as a thickening agent and table vegetable ever since. The African name for okra was ...