31 Jan, 2009
Okra Buds
Posted by julie @ 6:28 am
Shelved under Information, Interesting tidbits, My Family, Parenting, Philippines, Photo Hunters, Snapshots, home management

The theme for this week is FURRY so I went the easy way and featured our APBT, Chichi in my other blog.

Below is a photo of one of my Okra plants’ flower bud:

These hairy okra (lady fingers or gumbo) buds from my okra plants. These are planted in our mini backyard vegetable garden :)

Who would have thought I’d be able to plant these and they would live for me to see them? We might even make good on our promise to eat healthy food from the backyard some day, even if these food is not that plenty. I even wrote something about my black thumb before so I guess  don’t have a very black thumb at all :D

Check how it looked like when the plants were just sprouts. Thanks for the visit and have a great weekend!

~o0o~

Now hubby and I are off to get ready for work. I hope hubby would be able to do something about the auto insurance quotations his friend is thinking about getting for his new car.

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31 Jan, 2009 @ 6:34 am
Treasure Jar » Chichi, our APBT said:

[...] Okra buds, my other entry is here. [...]

31 Jan, 2009 @ 7:39 am
Carver said:

Great idea to show the furry plant. Good shot. Hope you have a happy weekend.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 8:00 am
Photo Cache said:

What an imaginative take. Nicely presented.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 8:13 am
Annie said:

I love okra! I love to eat it but I also think that it is one of the most beautiful garden plants.I grow it too here in the US. I’m glad that yours is doing so well, and your photo is beautiful.

And about my photos…the island of Torcello in Italy is not scary at all. It’s just very very old and the moss is growing on the old sculptures for hundreds of years.

Blessings and have a nice weekend!

31 Jan, 2009 @ 10:14 am
Colin Campbell said:

Interesting. I am not sure I have ever seen Okra before.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
gen/entry said:

That is cute Julie it is a good choice for the theme. Happy weekend.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
FamiliaKhuletz said:

Nice entry you have for Photo Hunt, Teacher! That’s the most unique and most clever photo I have seen for this week’s theme.

My PH entries are here and here. Hope you can hop by if you have the time. Thanks!

31 Jan, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
Pat said:

Wow – great shot!

Have a great weekend.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 7:25 pm
Rach (Heart of Rachel) said:

I love eating okra. I like them steamed with some bagoong.

It was only recently that Yohan told me that another term for okra is lady fingers. He learned it from school. :)

31 Jan, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
luna miranda said:

that’s an interesting photo…i’ve never seen an okra bud before. my mom is an okra fan…she eats it steamed, fried, whatever.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 8:49 pm
JyLnC said:

Great photo and I have trouble growing vegetables, too.

Thank you for visiting my photo hunt.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 9:52 pm
SnoopyTheGoon said:

Lovely photo, and somewhat furry indeed.

31 Jan, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
Sandy said:

That is a great photo…personally, I don’t like Okra but great pic.
Mine’s up, too
http://sandyben.blogspot.com/

1 Feb, 2009 @ 12:24 am
Randi said:

Great idea! I´ll try to grow it in my glass-house! Have never tried before.

1 Feb, 2009 @ 2:11 am
jmb said:

Julie what a lovely photo and especially as it came from your budding vegetable garden. Good luck with that.

Happy weekend to you.

1 Feb, 2009 @ 2:16 am
FickleMinded said:

i don’t understand other people not eating okra, bec I do, i can eat it as nilaga sawsaw sa patis :)

1 Feb, 2009 @ 2:54 am
diXymiss said:

A very creative approach and eXcellent shot. Well done! ThanX for stopping by. The “furry feet” in my post belong to a eXtremely large horse (Belgian).

1 Feb, 2009 @ 3:23 am
Mira said:

Interesting, I haven’t seen actual okra plants before. Very nice take on the theme. Mine is here http://www.mirasblog.com/2009/01/photo-hunt-5-furry.html

1 Feb, 2009 @ 3:39 am
Lene said:

I love to be surpriced, and there are many animals around at the furry theme. I love animals to, but it`s great to see other furry things to :) Cever :)

1 Feb, 2009 @ 6:17 am
Leslie said:

Cute photo for this week! :)

http://lesliesmyers.blogspot.com/2009/01/photohuntfurry-tigger.html

1 Feb, 2009 @ 9:00 am
Blur Mommy said:

Great photo! I’ve never seen an okra bud before. Interesting!

2 Feb, 2009 @ 1:40 am
ramblingwoods said:

Now this is clever…..

2 Feb, 2009 @ 7:12 pm
cookie said:

ok ah…we’re still waiting for our okra seeds to sprout so i’m keeping my fingers crossed :)

3 Feb, 2009 @ 7:22 am
auee said:

uy kaluluto ko lang nang “inabraw”… alam mo ba yun? Parang pinakbet na may sabaw. And siempre key ingredient e okra.

3 Feb, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
Mauie said:

Okra tastes so yummy especially if it’s fresh from the garden. I usually just blanch it a little and dip it in patis with calamansi. Yum!

23 Feb, 2009 @ 7:58 am
julie said:

Thanks, Carver :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 8:04 am
julie said:

Thanks :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 8:13 am
julie said:

Some people do not like okra because its slimy but I read that its fiber is good for the body :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:13 am
julie said:

Oh, really? Its also called lady fingers or gumbo :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:16 am
julie said:

Thanks Gen :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:25 am
julie said:

Thanks Jenn :) Hope you can start your own little vegetable garden too :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:27 am
julie said:

Thanks, Pat :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:38 am
julie said:

Ay, me too :) Even patis with calamansi, ok na din even if I know have to go easy on those salty liquids :D

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:42 am
julie said:

Luna, I haven’t tried fried yet, is it good?

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:43 am
julie said:

My motto is “Try and try until you grow these plants” and I did, well not really all of them but at least some grew :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:49 am
julie said:

Thanks STG :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:51 am
julie said:

Thanks Sandy :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:54 am
julie said:

A glass house! Wow! What do you grow there?

23 Feb, 2009 @ 9:56 am
julie said:

Thanks JMB :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:00 am
julie said:

Ay, of course, I love it with patis that has calamansi or bagoong, then served with fried fish. :D

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:01 am
julie said:

Thanks DiXymiss :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:06 am
julie said:

Thanks, Mira :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:16 am
julie said:

Thanks Lene :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:17 am
julie said:

Thanks. Leslie :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:19 am
julie said:

Thanks BM :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:23 am
julie said:

Thanks RW :)

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:25 am
julie said:

I just discovered, some of the buds have gone missing, buti pala me mga lumaki, its them birds again. I am thinking of having a bird seed feeder for them na lang :D

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:27 am
julie said:

Baka iba ang tawag sa amin instead of inabraw, is this dinengdeng?

23 Feb, 2009 @ 10:29 am
julie said:

Hay, Mauie! Tama ka, then serve with fried fish :D

8 Apr, 2009 @ 2:40 pm
GreenBucks » Blog Archive » Used Coffee Grounds for your Garden said:

[...] if only those birds wold stop picking on the buds, that would be even [...]

25 Jun, 2009 @ 9:29 pm
teacherjulie.com » Why Am I Not Updating? said:

[...] these okra, pechay and ampalaya (bitter gourd) yield? Something like that except these are gone now, along [...]

18 Mar, 2010 @ 6:30 am
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