This morning after Sunday morning milking I wanted to walk through the garden. Last night we had a family night out to the movies in Lafayette and didn't get to pick okra. Okra grows so doggone fast. If you miss a day picking, the okra goes from tender to woody and inedible. I wanted to make sure I picked it early this morning. The morning sun was filtering through the trees on the east side of the garden.
Yesterday's refreshing rain had everything blooming. Here are some beautiful lima bean blooms.
Just underneath the canopy of lima bean leaves that cover the trellis, you can see pods full of fat lima beans!
On the next row I see black-eyed peas blooming.
A luffa gourd that came up volunteer from last year's seeds is blooming as well. Its bright yellow flowers full of nectar is attracting honey bees as you can see this one making a "bee-line" for the flower.
It landed and began filling itself with pollen. The bee hive in our column is gone. It makes me wonder where his hive is now. It is good to know that there is still a colony of bees in the vicinity to keep things pollinated.
Just a few steps down and you can see purple hull peas blooming in the center of the photo, with a pod that will be turning purple soon. In the top left corner of the photo is a dragon fly. Can you spot him?
Towering above the garden near the end of the garden are the stalks of okra. Big beautiful blooms announce the soon arrival of more pods of okra.
It doesn't take long for a bloom to turn into okra pods. You can see okra at various stages of development just behind the flower below.
More black-eyed pea blooms pop up in the Sunday morning sunshine. Cowpeas and okra relish the warm, humid conditions prevalent here now.
They keep thriving, putting out pods that we'll be shelling soon. Lots of work still remains to be done in the garden. We'll be busy harvesting and then working on getting the fall garden in pretty soon.
I spotted this guy trying to blend in with an okra stalk!
It's Sunday morning. He's not in any hurry... Nor should I!
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