Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a breeze to grow in Southern gardens. The plant is native to Africa and well adapted to summer heat and dry weather. Plant it in full sun once the soil temperature has ...
LEICESTER, N.C. — It was a dewy morning when I joined Chris Smith, author of “The Whole Okra,” at the Utopian Seed Project’s experimental farm near Asheville, North Carolina. It wasn’t even 9 a.m. and ...