Happy Birthday @TimWV 
Eh, you’re probably sleeping by now 
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Happy Birthday Tim 
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Bonsai farming or do you have giant hands? 
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I didn’t know where to post this but it did make me smile so here it is, Okra Bloom on one of my plants this morning.
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I’ve got an XPS 9720 17" and love it. The 4k screen is incredible, but the fan runs a bit more than I would like. The performance is great but I really bought it for the display.
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That’s a great picture, beautiful. I have never known anyone that grew Okra.
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Yes, that is a great picture.
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@Mark_Turner This is my first year growing Okra. I love okra fixed so many ways. I saw some okra plants at the Farmers Market so I bought 5 plants and gave it a try. I have harvested several batches already, it’s actually an easy plant to grow however, aphids and other pests love them as well so keeping them away safely is a challenge.
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My local Indian restaurant makes a lovely side dish of okra curry or ladies fingers as it is also known.
Apparently the flowers, seeds and leaves are also edible.
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@Lucas_James_Holden There are so many ways of preparing okra and to me they’re all delicious. I take the seeds out of the pods that have gotten to big to eat and roast them and eat them as a snack, they’re also great added to soups and stews which help add body/thicker viscosity. the young pods I like cooked with corn, tomatoes, and roasted green chilis. It’s also hard to beat good fried okra, I also like using the unopened flower pods in a way similar to squash blossoms (stuffed, fried, chopped in salads, etc.) and of course it’s a must in gumbo! 
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I make an essential oil pest repellant for plants using 4 to 5 drops of each: peppermint, clove, rosemary and thyme, and mix with water, a squirt of dawn dish soap and about 1/4 cup vodka or vinegar in a medium sized spray bottle. Spray on affected plants to target adult aphids, as well as aphid larvae and eggs.
I spray it on my tomato, cilantro, parsley and basil plants every few days and bugs be gone!
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@KC111 Thank you for this! I’ve been looking for a natural way to get rid of my garden pests, I will definitely give this a try, I really don’t want to introduce chemicals to my vegetables!
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There are good to excellent quality brands out there made for skin and then there are poor quality that I wouldn’t even use for diffusing, lol, but here is a good quality one that has reasonable prices and they can last up to about 5 years. BTW, you want Clove BUD over Clove Leaf. I would also choose WHITE Thyme essential oil over Red Thyme.
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