Sometime in late August, Livia and I went to North Haven Gardens, to wander about and look at plants. We ended up around back in their demonstration vegetable garden, where I saw lots of stuff I was already growing—and okra, which I’ve never grown. I was so pretty! Big, tall canes with huge hibiscus-looking flowers. I decided to throw some seeds in the ground, thinking that even if they didn’t produce any okra this late in the season, they’d at least be pretty.

Yesterday, I peeked under the leaves of the tallest plants, and came away with these:

I have achieved fall okra…