Thank you for your videos. I am a Muslim, on the other side of the planet, and love that you remember God when you plant and thank Him when you harvest. 👍
By the way, when I was in USA for hubby work before 13 years, I didn't know what okra is in English. and I was pregnant and craving it, I remember telling a midwife “it's small green and slimy vegtable” 😁. after long search, I only found frozen never fresh.
Great vid... I love how you give God praise and thanks. I am now starting up my garden first timer here and God has been so good to us things are growing and I'm getting fruit. I've planted most from seeds
I love what you guys are doing, And I wanted to share my story. I also am a lover of fried okra, I also love to add it into my vegetable soup I make every Winter. I Have recently discovered I love gardening But unfortunately I am going through a divorce after 21 years of marriage and at 47, I find myself in a second floor apartment. But I live by the saying "where there is a wheel there is a way." After discovering that my balcony faces in the perfect direction to get all of the morning sun II planted a garden on my 2nd floor balcony. I currently have 5 gallon buckets with sweet corn , I also have small Raised beds on wheels with Potato, Tomatoes, Okra, carrots, lettuce, green beans ,zucchini, Cricket next squash, Cantaloupe, watermelon, garlic, Bunching onions, Jalapenos, Dell peppers, Basil oregano, lavender, Spiriment and peppermint. I just wanted to share this for anyone who has a Passion for gardening but may live in a small space. If there is a will there is a way and I am living proof, praise God. Oh and most importantly it's cheaper than therapy and just as effective.
Nancy here. Thank you for watching and sharing! Sorry about your divorce, it is hard but it will get better in time. I met Hollis after I was 48 also. We both been thru heartbreak of divorce before. The best is yet to come! I prayed for man who put God 1st, gardener and fisherman. Also several other things on the list. God answered both our prayers. We pray that God bless you and your future.
Our okra is about 7 ft. tall now, and we have been harvesting nearly every day. I like to cut it in small pieces, shake it in a bag of corn meal, and freeze it. I pull it out of the freezer dip it in egg and our favorite breading, then fry it up. What a treat!
Hi. I'm a lady and Pastor of a small church. For the first time- I planted okra from seeds in pots, June 27, 19. I have 5 plants(experimenting). They are about 16 -20 inches tall (still in pots). About 8:00 tonight I took one plant outside to soil. The roots are So Many; they really surprised me. I'm in S.C. and the temp is about 90 +°. It's Sept. 6. I was worried about putting them in the ground so late, but you REMINDED me to "Give it to the Lord". So Lord - It's in Your ✋. I'll update you all on how it goes. God Bless.
I really have enjoyed your video, this year was the first year that I have tried to grow okra and hopefully with the help of the good Lord I'll have a nice crop. May the Lord continue to bless and prosper you and your family even the more!!!!!
I just found your videos today, the day before Easter. I was inspired by your genuine character Hollis and your gardening info was helpful. I look forward to watching more.
I am giving the Ruth Stout "no dig" gardening a try. Flipped back the hay and dropped the seeds in . Now , I just wait. Loved Okra ALL my life and , to those who do not like it..Thank you. I can eat it all day !
Well I can"t wait to see the new videos from your new homestead in FL ! You're probably not gonna miss the neighbor's lawnmower.... God bless you both and all your work.
I can't help but love everything you do seems like you have a plan for everything you plant we all depend on the Lord making it do what it needs to for all of us and you and Nancy just fit together so well you're so blessed I merely jealous but I have a mighty fine faith in the world that will help me grow what I need I planted a little late but that was okay through my little mistakes I've gotten some and it's made me and my 89 year old mom very happy we had fried okra for supper tonight about a month ago we had fried green tomatoes till I thought we were just going to have too many . so keep on doing what you're doing the right way you're walking with the Lord thank you thank you thank you I'm glad we're all a big happy family take care.
+Susan Pennington Glad you like our videos Susan. I loved taking my parents fresh vegetables when they were alive. Such a blessing to share especially with family. Yes, we have a plan for everything we plant but my plan is useless without Gods blessing. Nancy always says, "We plan, God decides". Check out our video on planning your Spring Garden. That video will help you learn how to plan ahead. I do the same thing for my Fall Garden. Keeps me from over planting or planting too late. God bless you for making your sweet Mama some fried okra!!
Hi Hollis and Nancy ,this video is so helpful for me and my friends. Your planting methods will help me so much. Living with disabilities, bending, kneeling is terrible for me. I will be getting my super dropper made,also my potting hole maker. These two things will make my life so much better. I'm sending you a massive Thank You. May God continue to bless you ,Nancy. I am truly loving your videos, learning alot. Love JJ.XX
So glad our videos are helping you. My back is getting much worse this last year so I am concentrating as much as I can on user friendly gardening so I can stay in the garden for many more years. You may get some good ideas from the new videos coming out this year. Stay tuned❤️❤️❤️
I love okra anyway it is prepared. I grew up on okra. It was my first vegetable to grow in my garden when I was 8 years old. Been growing it ever since 👍
Seen on your planting diagram that you had planted purple hull peas ,I have never raised purplehull peas also planted pink eye purple hull peas I will try and follow you with your garden I love to watch you and Nancy you have such good ideas I am 77 years old ,raised on a farm my mother taught me how to garden (we live in Missouri) so our weather is behind yours I gave a good friend that is planting and caring for the garden she gets half the garden for her family she knows how to can also now says we need to help one another as the Bible says .will be looking for more videos God Bless.
Hello and greetings from Papua New Guinea it's good to go back to the garden of Eden and you are actually doing that. Happy gardening, God bless and live long for him.
Im growing my Okra here in The Netherlands and I am so excited. I really hope it will be a success one and will get to harvest some Okra. Thank you for this video I learned a lot how to grow them properly.
Love your videos! Your garden is beautiful! I grow okra every year here in Arizona because it used to be really hard to find in stores out here; our glorious high heat and sun makes okra very happy! The one issue I frequently have is little black ants love to move into my okra patch and climb right up into the bloom area, damaging the blossoms, stunting the pods, and growing their little aphid buddies (and sometimes mealybugs) in huge numbers. Amazing how fast they can show up! I keep them down with a dish soap, gin, and water mixture when they start. This year I got to the ants first, used some boric acid baits to get rid of them. So far no critters in the okra this year! Growing Clemson Spineless and Carmine Splendor this year. Planted first week of March. Our temps finally hit the good 111 degrees F range most of last week and the okra just started busting out pods like crazy! Love it fried, raw, or pickled. My paternal Grandmother invented a casserole incorporating fried okra that the family just can't stop eating! Keep up the great videos! (BTW thanks for the idea of the heavy wire fence mounted on 4x4s for a melon trellis!! Growing San Pedros and Kharbozeh melons this year!)
I have been loving that super duper seed dropper. And this week , it dawned on my that I have a bunch of different pvc pipes stored under my deck😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I hated okra, growing up. But, when I was pregnant with our first, I craved fried okra & tomatoes EVERYday.🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾 Long live the yummy okra🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
+BrownArrowsHomeschooling I love the seed dropper!!! Saves wear and tear on my bad back👍. Okra also has a lot of health benefits. Thanks for watching and enjoy your Super Duper Seed Dropper😀😀😀
When my oldest daughter was a toddler she would ride her trike out to the garden and pick squash and okra ,then bring it all back. She would ask me to cook it for her and say "All hot , Ok?"
@@HollisNancysHomestead At that time I was driving linehaul all nite and would get in bed from 3:30 am - 5:30 am. Then sleep a few Hours before starting my day. Sara would slip into the bedroom extra quiet and not fully awaken me but I could feel her pulling ,crawling up the side of the bed. She would then snuggle up until I rerevived for the day. While I was getting dressed is when she would go get her vegetables gathered.
I just want you to know how important your channel is to me! My father passed away 20+ years ago and I never gleaned his gardening knowledge (he was an amazing gardener!). I wish I understood then how valuable his knowledge was. I watch you and you are helping me be a better gardener! He’d have been pleased!
Thank you for watching Megan. So sorry for your loss of your father. My father passed away 10 years ago. He grew up on a farm in Georgia. I learned some from him over the years but he had so much more knowledge on gardening that I missed out on. I’m sure our fathers are looking down on us in the garden and smiling ❤️
Love the idea of a seed planting stick and seed tube. My back is wrecked and I have to do all my gardening myself. I think these would make life a lot easier:) I'm planting Okra in WI for the first time this year. I never really cared for it/ don't fry anything...but it's really nutritious and yes...lovely flowers. One thing I've learned from growing my own food, though, is I end up liking SO many more things than I used to because they taste better. Hands down! I'd never buy kale from a store, but I grow tons and just eat it straight out'a the garden.
Yes ma’am! It was so difficult to film at the old place. So much background noise!!! The audio quality on our videos at our new homestead is much improved 👍
+Stacey Wilson LOL. Thank you so much!! We better stick to videos, TV shows would be too expensive for us. We are kinda simple people. Love you Stacey😍
I am so thankful for finding your videos. I am still amazed at how good you and Nancy are in producing not only in your garden but in making the videos. We love to grow okra and of course eat it. I was wondering when you planted your okra as your video was published in August. We live in Northwest Florida near the Alabama line and although we had temps last night at 29 degrees we only have potatoes in ground that was planted Feb 13, which we covered with straw. Hoping to have time to watch more of your videos before it is time to get out and do what I have been watching. I so admire how neat your gardening is and you inspire me to love and appreciate being able to garden. Thank you Nancy and Hollis. Please continue as we all need you.
+Ellara Denny Wowzers!! What a nice comment to us. So encouraging ❤️❤️❤️. As you know Okra loves the heat. I plant my okra when the soil feels warm to my bare hands which is usually in Mid May where we live in Virginia. I direct sow okra.
Last year I ate okra right off the tree! It never made it to my house cause I did not plant snough of it! My mamma fried okra when I was a kid and I loved it!
I can't do it! I've tried to watch other videos, but not thrilled. Hollis and Nancy, you have been a blessing to watch. I have learned so much from watching you two, that I feel like this year I'll finally have a really good garden. Have you tried growing sweet corn? If you have is there a video somewhere about it. PLEASE!!!!!! keep making videos. I believe we are in need of getting back to creating most of our own food again to be healthier, plus I have preteen boys that I'm trying to teach these things to also. God Bless You.
+Teresa Unger thanks for watching and your sweet words of encouragement. I don't have a video on sweet corn right now. I usually grow Silver Queen every 3 years or so. We are relocating to our rural homestead this summer. I plan to grow some after I get the new garden up and running. I will make a video. I love it when children and teenagers discover their green thumb. My Daddy helped me find mine when I was 8 years old. I have many memories in my heart to this day.
Hi. Subscribed. I ate okra for the first time last week and I'm almost 60. I'm hooked. I bought some seed and I'm going to try to grow some in Victoria BC Canada. I'll probably have to put it under plastic for it to have enough heat. Wish me luck. I really want okra! Judy.
+Trudging The Road Of Happy Destiny Okra loves the heat. Wait for your soil temp to hit 60 degrees before you sow. Best of luck to you with your Okra❤️❤️❤️❤️
I like the way you are showing us the simple technique of planting okra. This is my first time to try growing okra and I wish it will be successful. Thank's.
+Maris B I love okra!!! This plant thrives on hot weather. Wait for the night time lows to reach 60 and above before you sow your seed and it will grow well. Love fried okra!!!!
It has been nice seeing you in your garden. I love okra as well. It is cold here in Kansas okra doesn't do well in cold weather. They love it hot. Have you ever tried stew tomatoes and okra very delicious over a bed of rice. Yum! tfs
Nice I grow them In the summer here in ny I usually plant ten are eight tree and me and my niece and nephew eat them raw and my mother and I put it in our fish head soup
Great video! My family has eaten fried okra forever! We hailed from Texas/Oklahoma/South Carolina-the South, basically-but I grew up in SoCal. Very few people here in SoCal know anything at all about okra. Better still, it’s hot as hell here in Ojai, Ca during the Summer. Growing anything, especially tomatoes, can be challenging. But okra LOVES this intense, arid heat!
I will definitely try growing okra next year! I've givin' up on squash and zucchini, the borers wore me down, so I will replace them with the okra! Thanks, I love y'all!
+Vita Williams Sorry to hear about the bores! Smart to skip them for a year or so. Okra will do well for you and it tastes great. Best of luck to you with your Okra👍
Thanks for the great video. Could you guess how much okra you would pick from a plot that size in a week? And how many hours roughly it takes you? I.m trying to get an idea and don't want to plant too much.
Love that "Super Duper Seed Droper". Going to make me one today! Would love to see how Nancy and you fry it up. Any special batter? I might try to grow some okra. I live on a lake and it's super windy; will probably have to give it some support.
+Gary Bowers They are strong and sturdy plants, wind won't bother them unless it gets up over 50 MPH. We use to make batter from scratch but now I use Whistle Stop Fried Green Tomatoes Natter Mix. It is simple to make, just add water and it tastes great. Thanks for watching, enjoy your Super Duper Seed Dropper!! 😀😀
Well we are from the south in Texas. Okra loves our weather clear up to December one year when I first tried to grow Texas okra. Okra is good is beef tomato soups too in winter I just add mixed veggies and potatoes and hamburger and maters and onions. Yum Yum! Forgot the onions. lol
Thank Hollis As always another helpful video This will be my first year to grow okra. 🤞 I figured I better put it in my garden, considering we move down to Mississippi now. 😊 God bless
Mr. Hollis have you ever had to deal with fungi effecting your okra. The leaves on my okra were all covered in tiny holes and the ones at the bottom turned yellow. I just took the yellow ones off and threw them away. I sprayed with Neem oil. I wonder if my crop was okay to eat and if whatever was effecting the plants could stay in the soil. Blessings.
Thank you for your videos. I am a Muslim, on the other side of the planet, and love that you remember God when you plant and thank Him when you harvest. 👍
By the way, when I was in USA for hubby work before 13 years, I didn't know what okra is in English. and I was pregnant and craving it, I remember telling a midwife “it's small green and slimy vegtable” 😁. after long search, I only found frozen never fresh.
Since you are mentioning GOD. We live on a plane. Not a planet. 😊
That super duper seed dropper is pure genius! The best gardening tip I've learnt in years. Cheers from Fiji
This is my first year planting Okra. Thanks for the video. All glory to Yahweh. May He bless you both abundantly.
Love the fact that you incorporate God’s word and the worship of Jesus into your plant videos 🙏🏽
God bless you Josh. ❤️❤️🐶
Amen
Me too! Praise the Lord‼️❤️🙌🏼
Yes! ❤️
Great vid... I love how you give God praise and thanks. I am now starting up my garden first timer here and God has been so good to us things are growing and I'm getting fruit. I've planted most from seeds
I love what you guys are doing, And I wanted to share my story. I also am a lover of fried okra, I also love to add it into my vegetable soup I make every Winter. I Have recently discovered I love gardening But unfortunately I am going through a divorce after 21 years of marriage and at 47, I find myself in a second floor apartment. But I live by the saying "where there is a wheel there is a way." After discovering that my balcony faces in the perfect direction to get all of the morning sun II planted a garden on my 2nd floor balcony. I currently have 5 gallon buckets with sweet corn , I also have small Raised beds on wheels with Potato, Tomatoes, Okra, carrots, lettuce, green beans ,zucchini, Cricket next squash, Cantaloupe, watermelon, garlic, Bunching onions, Jalapenos, Dell peppers, Basil oregano, lavender, Spiriment and peppermint. I just wanted to share this for anyone who has a Passion for gardening but may live in a small space. If there is a will there is a way and I am living proof, praise God. Oh and most importantly it's cheaper than therapy and just as effective.
Nancy here. Thank you for watching and sharing! Sorry about your divorce, it is hard but it will get better in time. I met Hollis after I was 48 also. We both been thru heartbreak of divorce before. The best is yet to come! I prayed for man who put God 1st, gardener and fisherman. Also several other things on the list. God answered both our prayers. We pray that God bless you and your future.
God bless you luv, going through one myself,you got this!
The super duper seed dropper is such a simple yet brilliant idea lol
What I love most in your video is handling everything to God in prayers, that I do any thing I sow seeds.
I noticed gas prices in the video $1.99 Gal I miss those days!! Love watching yall's videos, you'd make a great neighbor.
Trump was great wasn't he!!
Our okra is about 7 ft. tall now, and we have been harvesting nearly every day. I like to cut it in small pieces, shake it in a bag of corn meal, and freeze it. I pull it out of the freezer dip it in egg and our favorite breading, then fry it up. What a treat!
+kats mama
Making my mouth water! Great way to store long term👍
I am a beginner gardner and your okra video was great! I also like your BOLD Faith. God Bless you both!!
Hello guys! I love your channel! Ots so refreshing to find Christian channels on youtube. THANK YOU!
+shundrayl A
Amen! 😇😇😇
Hi. I'm a lady and Pastor of a small church. For the first time- I planted okra from seeds in pots, June 27, 19. I have 5 plants(experimenting). They are about 16 -20 inches tall (still in pots). About 8:00 tonight I took one plant outside to soil. The roots are So Many; they really surprised me. I'm in S.C. and the temp is about 90 +°. It's Sept. 6. I was worried about putting them in the ground so late, but you REMINDED me to "Give it to the Lord". So Lord - It's in Your ✋. I'll update you all on how it goes. God Bless.
Next spring direct sow your okra seeds when the temps hit 72 degrees and they will produce all summer. God bless you❤️😇
Love that your garden is a testimony that God is always in control! Nice beautiful Garden. PTL is makes all things good in His time!
So true!
I really have enjoyed your video, this year was the first year that I have tried to grow okra and hopefully with the help of the good Lord I'll have a nice crop. May the Lord continue to bless and prosper you and your family even the more!!!!!
I just found your videos today, the day before Easter. I was inspired by your genuine character Hollis and your gardening info was helpful. I look forward to watching more.
Wonderful!
The SUPER DUPER SEED PLANTER....is AWESOME. I would never have thought of that, what a great idea. Thank you Hollis and Nancy. God bless.
Glad you like it!
I am giving the Ruth Stout "no dig" gardening a try. Flipped back the hay and dropped the seeds in . Now , I just wait. Loved Okra ALL my life and , to those who do not like it..Thank you. I can eat it all day !
I find myself coming to your channel more and more to reference things I want to grow. Thanks for what you do.
You are very welcome! So glad our videos help and inspire you. Have a peaceful Easter Weekend
Well I can"t wait to see the new videos from your new homestead in FL ! You're probably not gonna miss the neighbor's lawnmower.... God bless you both and all your work.
Ohhhhhhh that flower is beautiful 😍😃
That super duper seed dropper just unlocked level 100 for me in gardening.
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Okra is one of my favorites. Love all of your videos and knowledge. I always learning something new every time.
I can't help but love everything you do seems like you have a plan for everything you plant we all depend on the Lord making it do what it needs to for all of us and you and Nancy just fit together so well you're so blessed I merely jealous but I have a mighty fine faith in the world that will help me grow what I need I planted a little late but that was okay through my little mistakes I've gotten some and it's made me and my 89 year old mom very happy we had fried okra for supper tonight about a month ago we had fried green tomatoes till I thought we were just going to have too many . so keep on doing what you're doing the right way you're walking with the Lord thank you thank you thank you I'm glad we're all a big happy family take care.
+Susan Pennington
Glad you like our videos Susan. I loved taking my parents fresh vegetables when they were alive. Such a blessing to share especially with family. Yes, we have a plan for everything we plant but my plan is useless without Gods blessing. Nancy always says, "We plan, God decides". Check out our video on planning your Spring Garden. That video will help you learn how to plan ahead. I do the same thing for my Fall Garden. Keeps me from over planting or planting too late. God bless you for making your sweet Mama some fried okra!!
Hi Hollis and Nancy ,this video is so helpful for me and my friends. Your planting methods will help me so much. Living with disabilities, bending, kneeling is terrible for me. I will be getting my super dropper made,also my potting hole maker. These two things will make my life so much better. I'm sending you a massive Thank You. May God continue to bless you ,Nancy. I am truly loving your videos, learning alot. Love JJ.XX
So glad our videos are helping you. My back is getting much worse this last year so I am concentrating as much as I can on user friendly gardening so I can stay in the garden for many more years. You may get some good ideas from the new videos coming out this year. Stay tuned❤️❤️❤️
Nice to hear from you. I will definitely stay tuned to your channel. Have a blessed weekend. Xx
South Louisiana here. everybody grows them here. Fried, smothered and we add them to our Gumbo
I love okra anyway it is prepared. I grew up on okra. It was my first vegetable to grow in my garden when I was 8 years old. Been growing it ever since 👍
I discovered fresh okra is great in salads too. Uncooked and picked young. Now I eat so many right off the plant.
Great idea planting with pipe....much less strain on the back 🙏🙏🤗
I love it. Especially the seed "DROPER" Great video. Thanks for posting.
Seen on your planting diagram that you had planted purple hull peas ,I have never raised purplehull peas also planted pink eye purple hull peas I will try and follow you with your garden I love to watch you and Nancy you have such good ideas I am 77 years old ,raised on a farm my mother taught me how to garden (we live in Missouri) so our weather is behind yours I gave a good friend that is planting and caring for the garden she gets half the garden for her family she knows how to can also now says we need to help one another as the Bible says .will be looking for more videos God Bless.
Hello and greetings from Papua New Guinea it's good to go back to the garden of Eden and you are actually doing that. Happy gardening, God bless and live long for him.
Thank you! You too!
Im growing my Okra here in The Netherlands and I am so excited. I really hope it will be a success one and will get to harvest some Okra. Thank you for this video I learned a lot how to grow them properly.
Nice!
Fried okra with diced green tomatoes is soo good!
Thank you for all your help....will pray for your harvest and please pray for mine🙏🙏🙏
Oh my word!!! You crack me up! You said “super duper seed dropper” 😂 I love that you labeled it as well👍
"Here's how what we gon' do today."
I love me some Southernese. Pure gold.
Hello Hollis and Nancy, just wanted to let you know my hubby and I just love you guys and all your information. Thank you and God bless you both.
God bless y’all ❤️❤️🐶
Love your videos! Your garden is beautiful! I grow okra every year here in Arizona because it used to be really hard to find in stores out here; our glorious high heat and sun makes okra very happy! The one issue I frequently have is little black ants love to move into my okra patch and climb right up into the bloom area, damaging the blossoms, stunting the pods, and growing their little aphid buddies (and sometimes mealybugs) in huge numbers. Amazing how fast they can show up! I keep them down with a dish soap, gin, and water mixture when they start. This year I got to the ants first, used some boric acid baits to get rid of them. So far no critters in the okra this year! Growing Clemson Spineless and Carmine Splendor this year. Planted first week of March. Our temps finally hit the good 111 degrees F range most of last week and the okra just started busting out pods like crazy! Love it fried, raw, or pickled. My paternal Grandmother invented a casserole incorporating fried okra that the family just can't stop eating! Keep up the great videos! (BTW thanks for the idea of the heavy wire fence mounted on 4x4s for a melon trellis!! Growing San Pedros and Kharbozeh melons this year!)
I have been loving that super duper seed dropper. And this week , it dawned on my that I have a bunch of different pvc pipes stored under my deck😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I hated okra, growing up. But, when I was pregnant with our first, I craved fried okra & tomatoes EVERYday.🙆🏾🙆🏾🙆🏾 Long live the yummy okra🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
+BrownArrowsHomeschooling
I love the seed dropper!!! Saves wear and tear on my bad back👍. Okra also has a lot of health benefits. Thanks for watching and enjoy your Super Duper Seed Dropper😀😀😀
Love your videos! It got me motivated to start my own garden. ❤ God bless you and your garden!❤
I love the scripture for thought at the end of your videos. Keep up the excellent work and glorifying God Almighty.🥰✝️🙌
Thank you Jeanie for being bold for God😇
Your delightful gardener, I really enjoyed your videos.
God bless you!
Cheers
Lakshantha Fernando
Melbourne Australia
Oh, those little ones are DELICIOUS even raw❤️ Praise God for His abundant blessings‼️🙏🏻🙌🏼
When my oldest daughter was a toddler she would ride her trike out to the garden and pick squash and okra ,then bring it all back. She would ask me to cook it for her and say "All hot , Ok?"
Ahh, those are the best memories. Thanks for sharing. Have a blessed day!
@@HollisNancysHomestead
At that time I was driving linehaul all nite and would get in bed from 3:30 am - 5:30 am. Then sleep a few Hours before starting my day. Sara would slip into the bedroom extra quiet and not fully awaken me but I could feel her pulling ,crawling up the side of the bed. She would then snuggle up until I rerevived for the day. While I was getting dressed is when she would go get her vegetables gathered.
I just want you to know how important your channel is to me! My father passed away 20+ years ago and I never gleaned his gardening knowledge (he was an amazing gardener!). I wish I understood then how valuable his knowledge was. I watch you and you are helping me be a better gardener! He’d have been pleased!
Thank you for watching Megan. So sorry for your loss of your father. My father passed away 10 years ago. He grew up on a farm in Georgia. I learned some from him over the years but he had so much more knowledge on gardening that I missed out on. I’m sure our fathers are looking down on us in the garden and smiling ❤️
Hollis & Nancy's Homestead That’s a wonderful thought! Thanks again for being so generous with your knowledge!
Love the idea of a seed planting stick and seed tube. My back is wrecked and I have to do all my gardening myself. I think these would make life a lot easier:) I'm planting Okra in WI for the first time this year. I never really cared for it/ don't fry anything...but it's really nutritious and yes...lovely flowers. One thing I've learned from growing my own food, though, is I end up liking SO many more things than I used to because they taste better. Hands down! I'd never buy kale from a store, but I grow tons and just eat it straight out'a the garden.
Agree, there is nothing that taste as growing your own vegetables. Stay blessed
Your new place is FAR better, no road noise or lawn mowers right next door 🤣 Videos are still great, old and new, thank you both God bless
Yes ma’am! It was so difficult to film at the old place. So much background noise!!! The audio quality on our videos at our new homestead is much improved 👍
Watching your vids makes me happy. I also learn a ton. Thank you.
Glad to hear it!
ubunt2able me too
We plant - our Lord makes it grow.
thanks Hollis! and I want to say I love and appreciate your videos and the time you take to make them. You two are so cute, you need your own TV show!
+Stacey Wilson
LOL. Thank you so much!! We better stick to videos, TV shows would be too expensive for us. We are kinda simple people. Love you Stacey😍
GOD bless you and your family. I just ABSOLUTELY love what you're doing.
I am so thankful for finding your videos. I am still amazed at how good you and Nancy are in producing not only in your garden but in making the videos. We love to grow okra and of course eat it. I was wondering when you planted your okra as your video was published in August. We live in Northwest Florida near the Alabama line and although we had temps last night at 29 degrees we only have potatoes in ground that was planted Feb 13, which we covered with straw. Hoping to have time to watch more of your videos before it is time to get out and do what I have been watching. I so admire how neat your gardening is and you inspire me to love and appreciate being able to garden. Thank you Nancy and Hollis. Please continue as we all need you.
+Ellara Denny
Wowzers!! What a nice comment to us. So encouraging ❤️❤️❤️. As you know Okra loves the heat. I plant my okra when the soil feels warm to my bare hands which is usually in Mid May where we live in Virginia. I direct sow okra.
We love our bread, We love our butter but most of all we love okra better....thank you ..
I LOVE Okra!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love your channel. You two are so genuine.
YOUR GARDEN IS SO BEAUTIFUL...GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AMEN
Last year I ate okra right off the tree! It never made it to my house cause I did not plant snough of it! My mamma fried okra when I was a kid and I loved it!
I can't do it! I've tried to watch other videos, but not thrilled. Hollis and Nancy, you have been a blessing to watch. I have learned so much from watching you two, that I feel like this year I'll finally have a really good garden. Have you tried growing sweet corn? If you have is there a video somewhere about it. PLEASE!!!!!! keep making videos. I believe we are in need of getting back to creating most of our own food again to be healthier, plus I have preteen boys that I'm trying to teach these things to also. God Bless You.
+Teresa Unger thanks for watching and your sweet words of encouragement. I don't have a video on sweet corn right now. I usually grow Silver Queen every 3 years or so. We are relocating to our rural homestead this summer. I plan to grow some after I get the new garden up and running. I will make a video. I love it when children and teenagers discover their green thumb. My Daddy helped me find mine when I was 8 years old. I have many memories in my heart to this day.
I'd love to hear from anybody who managed to grow okra in Northern Italy. You are a wonderful loving couple. God bless you.
I love okra too! I just started growing my own a few weeks ago
That's awesome!
Awesome video will be watching all of em. Wish I would've found ya'll at the beginning of spring.
Amen, God gave us the good Okra Plant! Enjoy with Blessings.
So true!
Hi. Subscribed. I ate okra for the first time last week and I'm almost 60. I'm hooked. I bought some seed and I'm going to try to grow some in Victoria BC Canada. I'll probably have to put it under plastic for it to have enough heat. Wish me luck. I really want okra! Judy.
+Trudging The Road Of Happy Destiny
Okra loves the heat. Wait for your soil temp to hit 60 degrees before you sow. Best of luck to you with your Okra❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are a nice man. A child of God 🙏. God bless you
I like the way you are showing us the simple technique of planting okra. This is my first time to try growing okra and I wish it will be successful. Thank's.
+Maris B
I love okra!!! This plant thrives on hot weather. Wait for the night time lows to reach 60 and above before you sow your seed and it will grow well. Love fried okra!!!!
Thank you folks - We really enjoy Okra as well ! - May God Richly Bless and Keep You Always
Our pleasure! Blessings
I like the way how you plant it..it's systematic!!
I will do that way...thank you!
It has been nice seeing you in your garden. I love okra as well. It is cold here in Kansas okra doesn't do well in cold weather. They love it hot. Have you ever tried stew tomatoes and okra very delicious over a bed of rice. Yum! tfs
They have the most beautiful flowers!
Nice I grow them In the summer here in ny I usually plant ten are eight tree and me and my niece and nephew eat them raw and my mother and I put it in our fish head soup
i love raw okra in salads.
Great video! My family has eaten fried okra forever! We hailed from Texas/Oklahoma/South Carolina-the South, basically-but I grew up in SoCal. Very few people here in SoCal know anything at all about okra. Better still, it’s hot as hell here in Ojai, Ca during the Summer. Growing anything, especially tomatoes, can be challenging. But okra LOVES this intense, arid heat!
Love me some okra. Yeah, okra is a southern thing
Maaan now I know why my plants dont grow! I gotta get me one of them super duper seed droppers😂🤦♂️☠ Haha great video
I will definitely try growing okra next year! I've givin' up on squash and zucchini, the borers wore me down, so I will replace them with the okra! Thanks, I love y'all!
+Vita Williams
Sorry to hear about the bores! Smart to skip them for a year or so. Okra will do well for you and it tastes great. Best of luck to you with your Okra👍
I love your channel , God bless you guys your a joy to watch
Man! This helped so much in ‘16 I almost had too much okra! Thanks brother, you’ve been a big help
Absolutely love your sense of humor concerning your
Super Duper Seed Dropper!!
😂🤣😂🤣😂🌻🌻🌻
Thank you kindly
Thanks for the great video. Could you guess how much okra you would pick from a plot that size in a week? And how many hours roughly it takes you? I.m trying to get an idea and don't want to plant too much.
How big is your gardening space here? Looks lovely! And thanks for sharing how you grow okra!
Will definitely use your tips!🌱
Truly beautiful and inspiring. Will try this, thank you! 🙏
Love that "Super Duper Seed Droper". Going to make me one today! Would love to see how Nancy and you fry it up. Any special batter? I might try to grow some okra. I live on a lake and it's super windy; will probably have to give it some support.
+Gary Bowers
They are strong and sturdy plants, wind won't bother them unless it gets up over 50 MPH. We use to make batter from scratch but now I use Whistle Stop Fried Green Tomatoes Natter Mix. It is simple to make, just add water and it tastes great. Thanks for watching, enjoy your Super Duper Seed Dropper!! 😀😀
Wow I just learned something I like this idea of plant with the pvc pipe!
+valencia x
Anything to save my back!! 👍
Thank you very much for a very clear instruction on the steps of growing okra. I will surely try.
Well we are from the south in Texas. Okra loves our weather clear up to December one year when I first tried to grow Texas okra. Okra is good is beef tomato soups too in winter I just add mixed veggies and potatoes and hamburger and maters and onions. Yum Yum! Forgot the onions. lol
+Brenda Erwin
Perfect okra weather! Oh yes, we have made the same soup often. Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️
You two are such a blessing !! I love your videos. Okra is my fav, and I can't wait to see the brussel sprouts. God bless you and your family.
Thanks Melody! I love okra too. Nancy is going to make me some pickled okra when we get set up at our new homestead
great video! I always learn something from you guys..may God continue to bless and keep you both♡
+Crystal Wengenroth (stayathomemomma)
Thank you Crystal, we all learn from each other. Thanks for watching😍
Steamed Okra is great, dip it in Soy sauce with lemon, yum and with a smoked fish with rice
Thanks, I like your beautiful garden. God bless you!
That was a sweet and inspiring video. I will always think of Hollis when I enjoy okra... 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💕
Yes! Thank you!
I have yet to grow some okra for my gumbo. Nothing better than garden fresh. Jesus gives us rain and sun & good food to share with everyone.
+GOTTshua
Amen 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
Love that opener. Thanks for the video!
using black plastic on cold ground heats it up a bit for cold hating okra. can remove it when it catches up. great way to get early strawberries
"super duper seed dropper because it says so." Haha thanks for the funny.
+odette381
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Thank Hollis
As always another helpful video
This will be my first year to grow okra. 🤞
I figured I better put it in my garden, considering we move down to Mississippi now. 😊
God bless
Thanks for your prayers. Like Okra steamed and pickled. Did not grow up on fried food, especially deep fried. Thanks for sharing your videos. 🙏
You are so welcome and we like okra fried and pickled :-)
Love the forethought of your garden .... very good video....
Thanks ...
+Robert barnes
Thank you Robert!!! 👍. Have a peaceful July 4th weekend 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love your channel .I have been watching for two days now.so I just subscribed to your channel and put on my post notifications on.god bless
love this technique, saves my back. thanks
That’s awesome 🤩 I just made myself a super duper seed dropper too 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 great idea.
That is awesome!
I made one for me too; right after I watched this video :D
Yes, love it! Original indeed!
1/2 inch pipe works great
How often do you guys water your vegetables and fruits? I have strawberries tomatoes jalapeños cantaloupe okra squash. Love your garden! 💜from Texas!
Each morning especially in the hot sun and if it rains a lot dobt
Mr. Hollis have you ever had to deal with fungi effecting your okra. The leaves on my okra were all covered in tiny holes and the ones at the bottom turned yellow. I just took the yellow ones off and threw them away. I sprayed with Neem oil. I wonder if my crop was okay to eat and if whatever was effecting the plants could stay in the soil. Blessings.