Now what to plant Zone 8a

[so lucky]

Well, I'd say something went wrong! It's not supposed to be like that. Sometime when you are feeling rich, see if you can find a jar of pickled okra at the grocery. There is a brand that *I think* has an outline picture of Texas on the label. It is pretty good, similar to how I have pickled it. Try it; you'll like it!

 

[vfem]

I'm about to plant my storage beans... black beans! I plant them in the area I just want them in, and forgotten about. I don't bother harvesting until they are all dried out and dead. DD and I bring them into the bathroom and air them out for a few days on a screen over a vent, and then I slap some more bean into the same area to get a second round of beans. Perfect for easy storage over the winter.... plus I get to make lots of soup and chili with them.

There are tons of storage beans to chose from... easy planting and easy harvest.

 

[vfem]

Well, I'd say something went wrong! It's not supposed to be like that. Sometime when you are feeling rich, see if you can find a jar of pickled okra at the grocery. There is a brand that *I think* has an outline picture of Texas on the label. It is pretty good, similar to how I have pickled it. Try it; you'll like it!

Mt. Olive makes a pickled okra my friend is wanting me to figure out their pickling recipe and help her make them EXACTLY like theirs. She swears up and down its the best!

 

[silkiechicken]

8a heat?

Must be somewhere you can grow above mentioned items.

Wish I had just a few hundred more heat days... as long as I have AC inside. LOL

Some day I'll have to try okra. People always talk about it. I've never seen one in person.

 

[flyboy718]

may go with some more squash and beans and a little okra...my squash didn't do so well and my okra is doing great. Thanks!

 

[catjac1975]

Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant love the heat. That seems to be a question best answered by your local gardners.