Found in the joints between the plants’ stems and its hairy five to seven-lobed leaves, those five-sided pods narrow to ...

If you're looking for tips for growing okra in the garden, you're probably wondering which plants make for the best and worst neighbors. Planting certain crops alongside okra brings about certain ...

Okra can be traced back to Africa, which probably explains why it seems to love our hot summers. What I do know is that while many plants are struggling though summer, okra will be sitting there ...

Fire blight is a disease of plants in the rose family, including pear, quince, loquat, Pyracantha, Photinia, and the California native toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia). Vegetables. Okra (Hibiscus ...

But our destination — two long, leafy rows of okra plants — was on the edge of the farm, still shaded by the looming mountain to the east. As we approached the crops, I asked Smith ...

Eat all but the tiny cap at the top. Although the flowers are edible, what we pick and eat are the seed pods off these beautiful, humidity-loving okra plants. Originating in Africa, okra travelled ...