I finially did look on the OTHER side of my okra plants and found pods. Oh brother. Never saw them. I tried cutting into the two bigger ones but it was like trying to cut into wood! Had to toss them in the compost pile. The little pod was good though.

I am now in NY for the milking job, which will start tomorrow. This morning I made them a streusel coffee cake for breakfast and in a couple of minutes I am going to form up 3 loaves of bread to rise in the pans.

Yummy!

NY from Wisconsin? I hope you flew! That would be a long drive! Streusel coffee cake. Oh, drool. I love breakfast sweets. Such a deal for them, a milker and a baker. Do they know ahead of time how much baking you do too? I cannot make bread to save my soul. Well, I'll amend that. I can make an artisan cranberry pecan bread. But just regular old bread. Just can't and I'm a pretty good baker.

Wow, Anna! You are a bargain at any price.

Rita, that is what usually happens to my okra. Fortunately the pigs still like it, but even they have to chew a lot.

I never feel bad about wasting fresh produce (or not so fresh). Just compost it. Then it served a purpose. That's my new way of justifying not getting all those beans cooked and eaten.

I really don't like to waste food but in the case of my okra, just a mistake. My first year growing it anyway. And I have no animals that would eat it so in the compost pile it goes.

I don't like to waste food either but sometimes there's just more than you can eat and no one to give it to. Our chickens get lots of goodies. I forget to give to the goats because I think there are some things they can't have and I don't want to be responsible for making them sick. I just can't remember what things. Either it's age or I'm not listening when they tell me.

I am thinking goats have cast iron stomachs. I can't see how any veggie that us people eat could possibly be harmful to a goat.

Ya, it would seem so. I'll ask again and let you know. but I know chickens cannot have potatoes.

I didn't know that. Hopefully some goatkeepers will chime in.

I get my airline ticket, istay in the house and house-sit, plus bake for her. This time she is leaving me a whole empty shelf in the one upright freezer. And she pays me in lovely, un-reportable cash. lOL.

Why can't chickens have spuds? Mine eat them and I haven't noticed any particular problem. I put all scraps in a bucket for the chickens and just toss it over the fence. Some things they don't seem to like, and just scratch it into the ground. I think most animals are self-regulating, although that may just be wishful thinking on my part...

Deb, I was wondering that too. Chickens seem to eat all sorts of greens and grains. Find it odd that they shouldn't have potato.

I think my dear departed Grannie would give her chickens cruddy spuds.

Found a small okra pod pod today and picked and ate it. Didn't want to forget about it and end up with those woody things I picked a few days ago.

AnnaZ said:I think my dear departed Grannie would give her chickens cruddy spuds.

There you go. Chickens eating potatoes and lived to tell about it.

All I'm saying is what my son told me. I know next to nothing about chickens.

Maybe they shouldn't eat green potatoes?

You know before I started growing my own, I never realized zucchini came in any other color than the standard darker green that supermarket zucchini that I always have seen.

But there are so many much more visually appealing varieties available to the home gardener. I bet zucchini would sell better at the store if it looked a little more exciting. And for anyone doing farmers market or farm stands, I would think a nicer looking zucchini would be a must for sales.

I think this one is really pretty, Green Tiger. And this one too, Caserta.