| Pole Beans, Squash, Okra, Beets and Greens | | | | You can also check the back of the leaves for |
| POLE BEANS are one of my favorite plants to | | | | little clusters of eggs an scrape them of and |
| grow. You should only grow them if you like 3 | | | | stomp on them. |
| Bean Salad or Green Bean Casserole or some | | | | OKRA is an easy plant to grow. It is planted as |
| other way of cooking them. Because they are | | | | seed when the soil gets warm and grows right |
| very prolific and need to be picked every other | | | | through the heat of summer, with water of |
| day or so or they will get too big and tough. You | | | | course. Many people like it for gumbos and in any |
| can find the yellow beans for your 3 Bean Salad in | | | | tomato dishes. But our favorite way is dredged in |
| the pole bean variety too. The reason I like the | | | | cornmeal and fried in oil. It may not be the |
| pole beans is they're easier to pick than the bush | | | | healthiest way to have it but it tastes great. You |
| bean type which are also easy to grow. But you'll | | | | can also pickle them. |
| appreciate that item as you grow older. They will | | | | GREENS are a very simple plant to grow. There |
| also need a trellis or a tomato cage. | | | | are many varieties to grow from seeds such as |
| SQUASH is a very popular plant in the South. | | | | Spinach, Collards, Kale, Mustard, and Turnip greens. |
| There are probably at least 5 varieties of Squash | | | | Most of these are grown in the summer all the |
| on the market. They are mostly planted as seeds | | | | way through the winter. Except for Spinach, |
| when the ground has warmed up. But you can | | | | which grows best in spring during the cooler |
| occasionally find them as plants when the time | | | | weather. It's great for salads too, as well as ravioli |
| comes to plant them in your area. The main | | | | with cream sauce if you have a gourmet touch. |
| varieties of squash are Yellow Crookneck, | | | | The Mustard has a hot taste when eaten raw but |
| Zucchini, Acorn a fall squash and Hubbard a very | | | | it goes away when these are cooked. |
| large fall squash and a fairly new fun version the | | | | BEETS are a very simple plant to grow although |
| Spaghetti squash.There are some other varieties | | | | you need a certain "pH" to get them to grow |
| but these are the varieties we are familiar with | | | | larger. You can also cook the leaves for another |
| growing. You can grow them on a trellis if you | | | | form of greens, if you like the taste. If you just |
| wish. They are pretty easy to get started, but | | | | want these for your salads and are not pickling |
| squash bugs are a problem. You can take a ball of | | | | them you can pick them when small and plant |
| tape wound backward on a stick and squash | | | | them around your tomatoes. |
| them or have someone else do the squashing. | | | | |