Anybody else ready to hibernate? I’m slowly putting things away and tidying up. It makes me happy to see that being a bit lazy has actually been to my benefit. I know some people will pull out their plants as soon as the last piece of fruit ripens or the first frost threatens. I’m a little more of the ‘wait and see’ mindset and like to see what happens. There is always a lesson to learn or observe.
As I was meandering around this past weekend, I got another handful of jalapenos and saw my beautiful okra plants had gone to seed. A reminder that all seasons of life are beautiful and have purpose. It’s easy to focus on the flashy and exciting times, but the slow stillness is essential to a complete cycle. Yin and Yang. I guess the goal is to transition smoothly through these ups and downs.
As you’ll read in my 2021 lessons, okra is one of my unsuspecting MVPs. A beautiful plant, a surprising standout in the vegetable category, it creates the perfect canopy for shade loving lettuces and produces an immense harvest with very little effort.
Okay, here’s a few quick tips for seed saving okra (spoiler: it couldn’t be easier).
- Let the husks get extremely dry. They should be starting to crack or split.
- Select a few from the plants you deemed the best producers.
- Gently break them open with a bowl nearby.
That’s it. Seriously. Perfect for a beginning attempt at seed saving.
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