Posts from the ‘Okra’ Category
Just sharing a few pictures of week two of my spring/summer garden. I didn’t realize how much I missed being in my garden everyday. Everything grows so fast, the miracle of it all is so fun to watch. Before long the whole thing will be big and bushy. Happy Spring to you! ~Melanie
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I have been super busy enjoying my summer! This little break from teaching school has been wonderful. I picked blackberries last week with my grandson and he loved eating them. My potatoes are growing weird – tall and falling over? Not sure about them… Okra is coming up and my tomatoes and peppers are yummy. […]
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I had surgery on Monday to remove a tumor found on my kidney. Everything went well, the doctor got all the tumor and I was able to come home on Wednesday. I have been tired and sore but I feel better everyday. I am so grateful to God for the miracle of finding my cancer […]
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The seeds I planted a few weeks ago have sprouted! I took a few pictures of the sprouts as well as my okra and a blossom. Lots of plants have a flower that forms into the vegetable but with okra, there is one beautiful yellow and purple flower and a bunch of okra pods close […]
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My summer garden has recently taken on phase two as I just pulled out the cucumbers, tomatoes, and flowers and planted two different varieties of green beans, cucumbers, radishes and watermelons. Texas has such long hot summers, I think I will be able to get another harvest of those before summer is over. I decided […]
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Here’s a few pictures for an update of my garden. My sweet potatoes are getting really bushy, and I still plan to harvest them the first week in August. I have a few watermelon and a honey-dew melon. My watermelon experiment seems to be working but I got lazy and gave up on pulling off […]
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Here’s a few pictures from my garden I took this past Saturday. My bell peppers are doing great. Out of four plants I counted over 20 peppers of all different sizes. I picked three today. I love the banana peppers! They are small and not too hot. I found some aphids on my sweet potatoes […]
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Here are a few pictures I recently took in my garden. The weather here in Texas has started to get warm, so my garden is really growing. My basil was tiny sprouts back on March 31st and just six weeks later it is a small healthy plant. My first spring cucumber is a little misshapen […]
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I am on a trip visiting my daughter in college, but was able to take some pictures of my garden before I left. Everything is growing and blooming in my garden. It is hard being away… I miss it. My husband is taking care of my garden for me (he is amazing!) and he says […]
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One of the most asked questions I get is, “What should I plant in my garden?” My first thought is plant something you like to eat. Secondly, plant something that grows well in your area. I live in the Houston, Texas area zone 9a and I garden year round. I am not sure where you […]
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