Red okra The neighbor. :-)

The last bright colors are here, Lending a bit of cheer To the darkest days of the year. MES

Swiss chard Red Okra Squash blossom

  Squash blossoms. Texas.

  Okra - Enough said. :-) My dad with is okra plants in 2012. (Yes, I got the wrong year on the photos.)

  Mouse gourd flowers. Central Texas.

Photo property of Sister in the Mid-West - Simple Inspirations Root vegetables are a good way to make a winter salad. This beet and carrot s...

Here's a nice winter recipe for the northern hemisphere from Mary's Nest. However, this can also work well in summer because it does...

Here is a tutorial for homemade tomato soup from Mary's Nest. (Although she lives in the Texas Hill Country also, I do not know this Mar...

  My dad grew these artichokes. They were perennials, so they came back a year or two, as I recall. These were not the variety that you woul...

  These noodle beans made a lot of food, however, the consistency was just a little weird and they didn't can or freeze well. I don'...

  Squash blossoms.

  This is so easy to make. Simply cook your cauliflower whole. Make sure it will sit flat by checking it on the counter/bench. Trim the stem...

My mom made this salad often during the summer months when the garden produced a lot of fresh vegetables. It is a light, cold, and refreshi...

Here is video showing how you can grow new food from vegetable trimmings. If you don't have a garden to plant the things in later after...

I think I found this recipe in a magazine years ago. Sadly, I never made them and now there are several ingredients that I can't ea...

1 pound hamburger (or ground meat of your choice) 1/4 lb bacon, sliced 1 onion, minced 2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp black pepper 2 - 4 green pep...

Here is a video showing how much food can be grown in one small bed over the course of a growing season by making successive plantings (reu...