I first grew okra because my next door neighbor asked me about it, she was having trouble with it in her yard. I gave her my crop and said she'd have to show me how to fix it. A delivered plate of okra cut into 1/2" diagonal pieces, rolled in a mix of seasoned cornmeal (with a little white flour for sticking purposes) and fried in a pan of shallow oil was enough to convince me that okra was a good crop to grow.

Yesterday was a great illustration of why having a garden is such a luxury. I had some ripe avocados for guacamole and I didn't have my usual stash of frozen cilantro (I lost it in the February power outage and haven't replaced some of that yet). I had a stray volunteer cilantro growing in a pot outside so walked out to trim some sprigs and add them to the mix. (I hope avocado is considered a healthy fat in the keto and other universes).