I've been out picking okra today. I have two plants. Picked 28 okra this morning. I give it away to a couple of neighbors. It has been an interesting exercise. I'll grow this again next year. And I'm going to practice cooking it the way the neighbor does, lightly breaded and fried. Very nice!

We had a huge rain a week ago, from the hurricane that hit Mexico and Texas. It wasn't even a tropical storm, just a depression or something, but it rained about 6 inches one day here. I'm only now thinking about watering again. The lawn shot up and is mid-calf in many places. I've been slow to mow because my next door neighbor is out of town. If I mow his will look really wild, and he usually keeps it quite short. He's been robbed several times over the years, so I'm hoping both tall lawns won't call as much attention to either house.

Tomatoes have been a wash this year. Eggplants fizzled for a while but they're setting new fruits and sending out new leaves now. Lots of peppers, like always. The basil bolted early, but I use it anyway, just have to cut off all of the seed stalks.

Lots of weeding to do to get some fall and winter crops in. I'll put in garlic soon, onions, chard, broccoli, etc.

SRS