Okra seeds planted when the soil is still too cool will germinate poorly or not at all. This often happens to gardeners who plant okra seeds in March or early April, before the soil has warmed up ...

Okra (Hibiscus esculentus) is a warm-weather crop whose seeds should be planted now. As a member of the Hibiscus genus, you might be expecting attractive flowers, and you will not be disappointed ...

Okra can not only be planted from seeds, but also as transplants like these available in a local garden center. Newer hybrid varieties are usually spineless and do not harm hands when the pods are ...

Twin brothers Andrew and Eric Walker, owners of Farmboy Organics, a three-acre farm in Yolo County, have grown a modest plot ...

Okra is a “seed-to-stem” food: the flowers and seed pods are edible; the seeds can be ground into flour or pressed for oil; and the stalk fibers can be made into paper or rope.

Chris Smith, author of “The Whole Okra,” and the operator of Utopian Seed Project’s experimental farm near Asheville, North Carolina, wants to save the world with okra.

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit trees. If you see shoot terminals, including stems, leaves, and flowers, on your apple tree that appear as if they have been torched, it is a sign of ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit trees. If you see shoot terminals, including stems, leaves, and flowers, on your apple tree that appear as if they have been torched, it is a sign ...