I am a little late getting my okra planted this year, but there is still time. I will plant it where I recently dug my Irish potatoes. Okra is synonymous with Southern culture. The African name for ...

Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a crop, oka thrives in any climate where corn will grow. The large-flowered, fast-growing plants reach 2 to 6 feet tall ...

Time-lapse of planting an okra from a seed to harvest-able pods. The okra seed was sowed under potting mix soil in a 10-inch ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The sky is the limit, or so it seems. A towering okra plant in West Mobile knows no bounds. Still growing strong, up some three feet in just the last month. Standing tall in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Tonight, a world record could be broken right here on the Gulf Coast. Planting okra in their home garden started as a new hobby for Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens, ...

Oct. 25 (UPI) --An Alabama couple may have broken a Guinness World Record by growing an okra plant that reached a height of 16 feet, 10 inches. Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens said this was ...