MJ Maccardini (trailerfullofpix)'s photos with the keyword: okra

Ok, I didn't grow this stuff like those of you with community garden plots in Northampton or allotments in London, but I did pick it and it's organic. In addition to the farm share of produce that members pick up each week, the Food Bank Farm grows certain crops for us to pick ourselves -- strawberries, peas, beans, herbs, flowers, etc. I passed the Roma tomatoes on my way to the okra patch -- there are about a zillion tomatoes on the vines, but it will be another two weeks before they're ripe. I'll be picking a couple buckets full to roast and then freeze.

I'd never seen okra plants until Farmer Michael started growing some in the u-pick section last year. And I never see okra in the market in the winter (in which case it would have been trucked in from California and that's not good), so I pick and eat as much of it as I can during the summer. See where this picture was taken. [?]