OKRA: You can't really have a garden in the South without okra. Native to tropical Africa, it never gets too hot for okra to thrive here. Plant seeds now into well-prepared beds, spacing the seeds ...

Pick the pods as soon as they are full-size on the plant. This tells the plant to make some more. If you don't harvest regularly then the plant will halt production. Okra is the summer king of crops.

Plants that are spaced 36 or 48 inches apart should grow wider, shorter and produce more pods. During recent years in a local organic garden, an okra plant grew more than 19 feet tall and was bent ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Okra is another great vegetable to plant for summer production. They are tough, easy to grow plants that can provide a lot to eat once they start producing.

To improve the odds that your tomatoes will grow well, make sure you obtain one of the transplants offered in 1-gallon containers. Look for HM 8849, Tycoon or HM1823 as fast producers of large ...

If there is any vegetable synonymous with the Lowcountry and Charleston, it’s okra. In fact, one of the city’s (and the United States’) oldest cookbooks — The Carolina Housewife, written ...

Okra’s health benefits have been widely studied. The vegetable contains antioxidants, flavonoids, and phenolic acids, which help reduce intestinal inflammation and support digestive health.

This Southern stewed okra and tomatoes recipe is the perfect way to use up fresh or frozen okra! A classic comfort food side ...

It's morning in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and Yemi Amu of Oko Farms is tending to her crops as her next-door neighbor releases his pigeons from their coop. "They never bother us," she says of the birds ...

Okra, or bhindi, water is loaded with antioxidants, protein, and vitamins – all of which are essential for good health.

Water frequently, and when the seeds come up, thin the seedlings to about 12 inches apart. Okra is in the same plant family as the hibiscus and so makes lovely flowers, like these. file photo ...