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| Lemon Boy, Cherokee Purple, SuperSweet 1,000, Sungold, and one I forget. 8.18.14 |
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| Burgundy Okra. Container Grown. 8.21.14 |
Now I know you can grow okra in the Pacific NW. It takes effort, but it can be done. Like anything else home grown, fresh is best. The varieties that are working best for me are Burgundy, Dwarf Long Green Pod, and Baby Bubba. Contrary to a lot of gardening advice, they can be started inside, very early. They don't mind transplanting at all. For me, container growing is clearly the best way. The deck is as good as anywhere.
Nice looking plant, too.
Tomatoes are the best ever for me. The seeds were left over from previous years. The Lemon Boy were many years old. Pee-fertilizing gave me the biggest, lushest, more productive tomato plants I've had. I did not spritz them - the shine is their own juice.
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| Pears. 8.21.14 |
I still lose a lot of pears to spoilage. But the ones I get before spoiling, I love. I don't know the variety here, it's a multi-graft I planted 14 years ago. I think this one is Bartlett.
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